Lander description

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Photo by William R. Guest, (former Viking Computer Facility employee) of the Science Test Lander in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, NASM, Washington, D.C. Our FC3 lander does not have the final white paint, since its assembly as a Mars "Flight Spare" was not completed to save money.

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The S-Band antenna , bolted to the rear of the FC3 body, without its deployment interface, is shown in the NASM Viking photo and in silhouette in the Viking panorama.

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The Meteorology boom, painted with its white second layer of silicon rubber paint, is mounted on the FC3 Lander

4.

An excellent model of the Meteorology Sensor Array, MSA, created by Chris Vancil, is mounted on the end of the boom, and is identified in the Smithsonian Photo and the Mars panorama by "Green Dots".