Space Mission
Viking 1, 20 July 1976
Photographer
Taken by a camera on board the robotic Viking 1 spacecraft
Photo Description
Vintage gelatin silver print on resin coated Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “This Paper Manufactured By Kodak” watermarks and NASA JPL caption affixed to the verso
Essay
“This is the first photograph ever taken on the surface of the Planet Mars. It was obtained by Viking 1 just minutes after the spacecraft landed successfully earlier today.” (NASA caption)