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The face on Mars

A half-century ago, NASA’s Viking 1 lander spotted something odd on the surface of Mars.

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It was Sunday, July 25, 1976. At that time, the Viking 1 spacecraft was orbiting Mars, the first of two ships sent into space as part of NASA's Viking program to deliver a lander to Mars. Viking 1 was searching for a landing site and taking pictures of the planet's surface. It also took a picture of a rock formation that sent shivers down the spines of NASA engineers. It strikingly resembled a human face.

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Deník.cz broke the news on Saturday, July 25, 2026.
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