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When were the first colour pictures transmitted from the surface of the planet Mars?

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When were the first colour pictures transmitted from the surface of the planet Mars?
posted Jul 12, 2022 by Nikita Sehgal

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1976
The first craft to land on Mars was in 1971 - Mars-3 from the USSR - but did not transmit colour images. The 1976 craft, Viking 1 and Viking 2 from the US, orbited and then landed, transmitting images from a camera with a movable mirror to illuminate 12 photo diodes designed to be sensitive to different frequencies of light.

answer Jul 13, 2022 by Samardeep Acharya
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