Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft sent to Mars as part of NASA’s Viking program. It was the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and perform its mission,[1] and until May 19, 2010 held the record for the second longest Mars surface mission of 6 years and 116 days (from landing until surface mission termination, Earth time). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_1 The Viking 2 mission was part of the American Viking...

Buzz Aldrin (born Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr., January 20, 1930) is an American mechanical engineer, retired United States Air Force pilot and astronautwho was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history. On July 20, 1969, he was the second human being to set foot on theMoon, following mission commander Neil Armstrong. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_Aldrin [HTML10]     Related...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation’s civilian space program and for aeronautics andaerospace research. Since February 2006, NASA’s mission statement has been to “pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research.” [5] On September 14, 2011, NASA announced that it...