A museum on Mars [custody of Viking 1 lander]

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Summary

Discusses the transfer of ownership of the NASA Viking 1 lander located on the surface of Mars to the National Air and Space Museum in order to keep the spacecraft in its present location so that future visitors could view it in its own environment.

Subject

  • National Air and Space Museum
  • Viking Lander I
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

Futurist Vol. 19 (Journal)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

October 1985

Topic

  • Acquisitions
  • Collectors and collecting
  • Museums
  • Gifts
  • Space flight
  • Astronautics
  • Space vehicles
  • Museums--Collection management
  • Museums--Acquisitions

Physical description

pp. 41-42

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