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The Martian Landscape Viking Lander NASA Team 3D Space photos 1978 - $125 (Santa Barbara)
Published by the Scientific and Technical Information Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
NASA SP-425.
First edition. Abundantly illustrated. Contains 160 pages, 202 photographs from the land-ing sight, Mars surface and surroundings and a detailed account of the entire Viking pro-gram. With diagrams 2-D & 3-D photographs from the Viking 1 and Viking 2 Lander, as well as an account of the decade leading up to the Mars pictures by Tim Mutch, leader of the Viking Lander Imaging Team. A beautiful oversized book explaining the flight with B&W photos on every page. Many color photos as well. 18 stereo pictures.
Oversize hardcover library binding 11¼” x 14¼” issued w/o dj.
Contains original Taylor-Merchant Stereo Opticon 707 3-D/stereo image viewer stored inside a back cover pocket. Along with 3-D/stereo Polarizer/viewer eyeglasses.
I am the original owner.
This item resided in and is sold from a smoke-free and pet-free environment.
The text is clean insides free of any hi-lighting, underlining, or margin notes; the cover is clean; some shelf wear, light scratches on back cover; the binding is solid; Tight spine.
It's been thirty years since the US Viking 2 spacecraft set down on the surface of Mars, analyzed the soil and climate and sent back some of the first close-up photographs of the planet. Landing at Utopia Planitia, the vehicle's cameras immediately began taking pic-tures. It continued its operations on Mars' surface until April 11, 1980, when the lander turned off because its batteries had died.
The Viking spacecraft sent back thousands of images, all in black and white. This book includes some color-enhanced photographs which are remarkably similar to those the more recent Spirit Lander.
LCC 78-606041
The Library of Congress Call Number: QB641 .V54 1978 Spec Format
No ISBN.
From the book’s forward:
Not long ago the idea of taking pictures of Mars from its surface was an idea located in-termediately between far out and preposterous. It changed from a dream to a concept about ten years ago with the advent of the Viking Program. As so often happens in the exploration of space, we were able to push back the boundaries of the practicable. In ret-rospect, with success under our belts, it even sounds simple: put cameras on spacecraft, land them on Mars, take pictures, send them back to Earth. Were it so!
In this book Tim Mutch, leader of the Viking Lander Imaging Team, takes you on a jour-ney spanning a decade. Suffer with him as he copes with innumerable meetings, argu-ments, alternate designs, budget problems, incipient failures, and, at times, sheer exhaus-tion. Enjoy with him amazement at how teamwork and dedication can manage the impos-sible. Share in wonderment at technical intricacy, the occasional euphoria of success along the way, and the final exhilaration when magnificent photographs flow back from the rocky plains of Mars.
The Martian Landscape is a tribute to the hundreds of skillful people who made Viking happen. Thanks to them, you are there.
April 1978
Noel W. Hinners
Associate Administrator for Space Science
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The book’s table of contents:
“The Martian Landscape”
By the Viking Lander Imaging Team
Contents
Foreword.
An Anectodal Account.
The Final Test.
The Beginnings.
Establishing Camera Characteristics.
Talking Our Way to Mars.
Deadlines.
Design Changes.
Manufacturing Problems.
Cameras Without Pictures.
The Preprogrammed Image Sequence.
After The Launch.
The Viking 1 Landing.
The First Color Picture.
Uplink and Downlink.
The Viking 2 Landing.
The Extended Mission.
The Future.
Viking 1 Lander Pictures.
The First Picture.
Surveying the Landscape.
Desert Drifts.
Sculpted Layers.
Blocks.
Outcrops.
Landing Scars.
Behind the Lander.
Viking 2 Lander Pictures.
Another First.
Tilt.
A Rocky Plain.
Enigmatic Troughs.
Looking Backward.
Rock Textures.
The Distant Horizon.
Special Effects.
Calibration Pictures.
Something From Nothing.
Searching for Movement.
Digging In.
Secondhand Spacecraft.
The Changing Atmosphere.
Beyond Mars.
Coloring Mars.
A Different Perspective.
The Third Dimension.
Panoramic Sketches.
A Picture Catalog.
The Authors.
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