Viking To Mars The Sky at Night : Season 1976 Episode 7
BBC Four 20m
Aired: October 19th, 1957 @ 10:00 PM EST on BBC Four
Before Viking 1 mode its landing on Mars, The Sky At Night examined what kind of surface the lander would encounter. Enter the expertise of model maker Mat lrvine: "There were three small landers that I mode reasonably heavy, and I built up a base that incorporated three surfaces on which to drop them," recoils Mat.
