Mars

  • Viking 1 is Launched to Mars (1975)

    Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft, along with Viking 2, each consisting of an orbiter and a lander, sent to Mars as part of NASA’s Viking program. The lander touched down on Mars on July 20, 1976, the first successful Mars lander in history. Viking 1 operated on Mars for 2,307 days…

  • Happy Birthday Kim Stanley Robinson (1952)

    Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952, in Waukegan, Illinois) is an American science fiction writer best known for his Mars trilogy. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes and feature scientists as heroes. Robinson has won numerous awards, including the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Nebula Award…