First colour photograph of the Martian planet surface, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. Creator: NASA.

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First colour photograph of the Martian planet surface, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. The Viking 1 spacecraft, part of NASA's Viking programme, was the first spacecraft to land successfully on Mars and perform its mission. It sent images of the Martian surface back to Earth.

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Photo credit: © Heritage Space/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
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