The Viking missions to Mars

Viking (1976): the biology experiments

  • First space mission to have specific biology experiments on board

  • Gas Exchange experiment

  • Labeled release experiment

  • Pyrolytic release experiment

  • Gas chromatograph/Mass spectrometer experiment

    http://wufs.wustl.edu/geodata/vl1_vl2-m-lr-2-edr-v1/vl_9010/extras/vbioinst.htm

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