Retro Space HD | Viking 1 Launch - AI Upscale, Multiple Camera Angles, Mars Lander, Orbiter, Viking Program, 1975 @RetroSpaceHD | Uploaded April 2023 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
Multiple camera views of Viking 1 launch on August 20, 1975. Side-by-side views are shown first, with individual camera sequences at the end of the video.

The original launch footage was silent - ambient sounds were added.

AI upscale (Topaz AI) was used to resample the film to full HD resolution. While it works in most cases, some artifacts are present in some sequences.

Sound and image cleanup, conversion to original 24 fps frame rate, geometry correction and AI upscale and color restoration by RetroSpace HD.

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Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft, along with Viking 2, each consisting of an orbiter and a lander, sent to Mars as part of NASA's Viking program.

The lander touched down on Mars on July 20, 1976, the first successful Mars lander in history. Viking 1 operated on Mars for 2,307 days (over 61⁄4 years) or 2245 Martian solar days, the longest Mars surface mission until the record was broken by the Opportunity rover on May 19, 2010.
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