20 August 1975: The Viking 1 probe lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station atop a Titan IIIE (A.K.A. Titan III-Centaur) rocket, bound for Mars; Viking 1 consisted of an orbiter, to identify Martian landing sites & photograph the moon Phobos, & a lander, intended to land on 4 July 1976; the Viking 1 orbiter was based on the successful Mariner 9 probe, the first probe to orbit another planet.
The Skatalites, "Trip to Mars" from Greetings from Skamania (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)
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