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Viking

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Viking

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Auction Date:2011 Jan 20 @ 16:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
A spare X-ray proportional counter prepared for use on the Viking mission to Mars in 1976. Cylindrical-shaped part measures approximately 2.25” long and is encased in a 4.25 x 3.25 x 1.5 block of Lucite-like material. Etched on one side is “X-Ray proportional counter used on Viking Mission to Mars, July 1976.” Advanced technological components like this one would cost many tens of thousands of dollars to manufacture due to the unique task of this particular unit and that the cost of semiconductor miniaturization was much higher back in 1976.