World Geography Questions (MCQs) for UPSC, State PCS & SSC Examinations
Q. In 1970’s , NASA had launched two space programmes Viking 1 and Viking 2. These programmes were most expensive and ambitious mission ever (till that time) sent to ________?
a. Moon
b. Mars
c. Venus
d. Jupiter
The Viking program consisted of a pair of American space probes sent to Mars, Viking 1 and Viking 2. They were launched in 1975. Each spacecraft was composed of two main parts: an orbiter designed to photograph the surface of Mars from orbit, and a lander designed to study the planet from the surface.