The Most Beautiful Statistic: The History and the Science of the Humble Mean
The first month was spent in orbit around the martian planet and on July 20, 1976 Viking Lander 1 separated from the Orbiter and touched down at Chryse Planitia. Copyright: Public domain On Saturday, June 19, 1976, the Viking 1 spacecraft entered Mars orbit. A month later, as a midsummer night stretched pleasantly ahead of them in Pasadena, California, dozens of NASA controllers helplessly watched a feed delayed by 19 minutes as the Viking 1 lander separated from the orbiter.
- ▪The first month was spent in orbit around the martian planet and on July 20, 1976 Viking Lander 1 separated from the Orbiter and touched down at Chryse Planitia.
- ▪Copyright: Public domain On Saturday, June 19, 1976, the Viking 1 spacecraft entered Mars orbit.
- ▪A month later, as a midsummer night stretched pleasantly ahead of them in Pasadena, California, dozens of NASA controllers helplessly watched a feed delayed by 19 minutes as the Viking 1 lander separated from the orbiter.
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Data Science The Most Beautiful Statistic: The History and the Science of the Humble Mean The mean keeps making its usefulness felt in all sorts of situations, often in truly non-obvious ways Sachin Date Jul 27, 2026 45 min read Share Viking 1 launched aboard a Titan IIIE rocket August 20, 1975 and arrived at Mars on June 19, 1976. The first month was spent in orbit around the martian planet and on July 20, 1976 Viking Lander 1 separated from the Orbiter and touched down at Chryse Planitia. Source: Wikipedia.org. Copyright: Public domain On Saturday, June 19, 1976, the Viking 1 spacecraft entered Mars orbit.
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