The Viking 2 Spacecraft launched on September 9, 1975, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. About a year later, Viking Lander 2 touched down on Mars at Utopia Planitia on September 3, 1976. Picture 1. Viking Lander 2. Image Credit: NASA Picture 2: First color photo from Viking Lander 2. Image Credit: NASA [...] Read more

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin took the first EVA Selfie in 1966. Photo Credit: NASA As he spacewalked, NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin (born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr., January 20, 1930) took the first-ever EVA "selfie" in 1966, during the Gemini 12 Mission (November 11, 1966, thru November 15, 1966). The photo [...] Read more