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Viking mission winds down as Mars probes end
Two Viking orbiters will lose control gas and go silent within weeks, with Viking 1 likely active for another year or two. By March 1 the program ends, though periodic contact may continue. NASA weighs plans for a future Mars sample return in the 1980s or 1990s, including direct lander or Mars orbit rendezvous concepts.
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Washington
UPI
Mars
Viking
Space Agency
Viking 1
Viking 2
Earth
Red Planet
Gerald Soffen
NASA
White House
Congress
Martian
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Calif
Space Shuttle