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Viking Mars Lander JPL NASA 1975-77 Vintage lot of original space memorabilia
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Vintage lot of JPL NASA Viking lander memorabilia about the mission to Mars back in 1975-1977. These came from a scientist in Pasadena who worked for JPL NASA. Items are in like-new condition and have been stored over the decades.Includes:
The Viking Mission to Mars book. William R. Corliss. Revised Edition. Scientific and Technical Information Office. 1975. NASA SP-334. 77 pages. Nice overview of the mission and means. Photo of the table of contents is attached if you would like to see all that is in the book.
Glossy NASA still of the Viking Lander 2 showing frost on the surface of Mars at Utopia Planitia! Viking 2-35, P-19541, October 4, 1977. Information is on the back of the picture.
Viking Project Mission Status Bulletin for August 4, 1976. No. 37. Viking 2 is ready for orbit insertion at Mars. Fold out has updates on both Viking 1 and Viking 2. Picture of the moon Phobos on the back.
Glossy NASA color still P-17164 showing the color of Mars on after Viking 1 landed. Information is on the front of the still and the backside is blank.
Gloss paper black and white print of the first image on Mars from Viking 1. It is the first photograph ever taken on Mars! The backside has information from NASA's Viking News Center. Viking 1-44, P17053 (Sol 0!), July 20, 1976.
Viking Project Bulletin Special Issue. December 1975. The Colors of Mars. Nice pamphlet on color and quality related to imaging equipment on Mars.
Paperweight seen in pictures is not included in sale.
Great items for those who appreciate space exploration, enjoy JPL and NASA space probe history or are fans of the red planet. A fun side story: I was at a Von Karman lecture series once at Cal Tech and the presenter was talking about astronavigation between the planets. There were 3 old-timers sitting in the front row who seemed very knowledgeable on the topic. Finally the presenter asked them why they knew so much and it turned out that they did the original navigation for the Viking missions many years before.