A non-fiction account that primarily focuses on the 1976 Viking expedition to Mars.
Content: It describes the Viking spacecraft and its instruments, the journey to Mars, and the mission's results.
Details: The book includes a wealth of technical and anecdotal mission information, along with a large quantity of images of the Martian surface.
Author's Approach: Eric Burgess adopted a scholarly approach, tracing humanity's historical interest in Mars from ancient myths and early telescopic observations to the automated explorations of the mysterious plane
