Viking 2 on Mars. This view shows the red Martian landscape and part of the Lander itself. 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, soil constituents and sea (NASA Media Archives). Buy this as a superb wall poster, a canvas print or a framed print.