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The Viking Mission search for life on Mars

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On each of two unmanned Viking spacecraft, a number of investigations are planned to be conducted on the surface of Mars this summer. Included in the science payload are instruments designed to determine the state of chemical evolution, Including the possible presence of living organisms, on that planet.

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  1. NASA–Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California

    Harold P. Klein

  2. Stanford University, Stanford, California

    Joshua Lederberg

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Alexander Rich

  4. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

    Norman H. Horowitz

  5. Biospherics, Incorporated, Rockville, Maryland

    Vance I. Oyama & Gilbert V. Levin

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Klein, H., Lederberg, J., Rich, A. et al. The Viking Mission search for life on Mars. Nature 262, 24–27 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/262024a0

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