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Over time, NASA has looked well beyond the moon to other parts of the solar system -- and beyond -- but liftoff has invariably been the job of the Kennedy Space Center. Here, in January 1975, the unmanned Viking Lander 1, under its aeroshell cover, undergoes preparations in Kennedy's Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 for its trip to Mars.
July 6, 2012 1:16 PM PDT
Photo by: NASA
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