Viking 2 at Kennedy Space Centre. Two Viking spacecraft were launched towards Mars in 1975, each carrying a Lander spacecraft and an orbited. Viking 2 was launched on 9th Sept 1975 and landed in the Utopia Planitia region of Mars on 3rd Sept 1976, where it studied the Martian environment (NASA Media Archives). Buy this as a superb wall poster, a canvas print or a framed print.