Viking 1

Summary

Viking 1 is a space mission^[1]. It draws 348 Wikipedia views per month (space_mission category, ranking #8 of 77).^[2]

Key Facts

• Viking 1 is in the country of United States^[3].
• Viking 1's image is recorded as Viking spacecraft.jpg^[4].
• Viking 1's instance of is recorded as space mission^[5].
• Viking 1's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration^[6].
• Viking 1's followed by is recorded as Viking 2^[7].
• Viking 1's part of is recorded as Viking program^[8].
• Viking 1's Commons category is recorded as Viking 1^[9].
• Viking 1's space launch vehicle is recorded as Titan IIIE^[10].
• Viking 1's country of origin is recorded as United States^[11].
• Viking 1's has part is recorded as Viking 1 Orbiter^[12].
• Viking 1's has part is recorded as Viking 1 Lander^[13].
• Viking 1's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1975-08-20T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Viking 1's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0l88w^[15].
• Viking 1's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[16].
• Viking 1's significant event is recorded as orbital activity^[17].
• Viking 1's significant event is recorded as soft landing^[18].
• Viking 1's significant event is recorded as loss of signal^[19].
• Viking 1's described at URL is recorded as https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/viking.html^[20].
• Viking 1's space tug is recorded as Centaur^[21].
• Viking 1's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41^[22].
• Viking 1's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Viking 1'}^[23].
• Viking 1's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2642'}^[24].
• Viking 1's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+3527'}^[25].

Why It Matters

Viking 1 draws 348 Wikipedia views per month (space_mission category, ranking #8 of 77).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]