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Detailed explanation-1: -When did Viking 1 and 2 launch? Viking 1 launched on August 20, 1975. It arrived in Mars orbit on June 19, 1976 and the lander touched down on July 20, 1976. Viking 2 launched less than a month after Viking 1 on September 9, 1975.

Detailed explanation-2: -Viking 2 landed on Mars in September 1976–immediately following the first successful spacecraft landing on Mars by Viking 1–and was part of NASA’s early two-part mission to investigate the Red Planet and search for signs of life.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars, Viking 1 was part of a two-part mission to investigate the Red Planet and search for signs of life.