Speeches & Audio | Videos

Viking 1 Lands on Mars (0:20)

On July 20, 1976, NASA's Viking 1 becomes the first spacecraft to send back detailed pictures from the surface of Mars. A NASA control room recording captures the excitement of the moment.

Listen to Similar Speeches & Audio

Your Parental Control settings do not allow you to view thiscontent.

Speeches & Audio (1)

  • Viking 1 Lands on Mars
    Viking 1 Lands on Mars

    Audio Clip (0:20)

    On July 20, 1976, NASA's Viking 1 becomes the first spacecraft to send back detailed pictures from the surface of Mars. A NASA control room recording captures the excitement of the moment.

    Audio Clip (0:20)

Videos (6)

  • Beyond the Big Bang: Galileo Galilei
    Beyond the Big Bang: Galileo Galilei

    Video Clip (3:36)

    In a History Beyond the Big Bang video, discover that the sophisticated telescopes used by astronomers today to see distant galaxies are direct descendents of the humble lenses used by Galileo Galilei over four hundred years ago.

    Video Clip (3:36)
  • Isaac Newton and a Scientific Revolution
    Isaac Newton and a Scientific Revolution

    Video Clip (2:47)

    The Protestant Reformation encourages both religious and scientific thought.

    Video Clip (2:47)
  • The Renaissance
    The Renaissance

    Video Clip (3:06)

    What does it mean to be a "Renaissance Man"? Get the history of the Renaissance as told by musician and artist Jeffrey Lewis.

    Video Clip (3:06)
  • Beyond the Big Bang: Copernicus
    Beyond the Big Bang: Copernicus

    Video Clip (4:25)

    In a History Beyond the Big Bang video, discover that beneath the marble floor of Frombork Church in northeastern Poland, inside a dusty crypt, local legend believes that the body of famed astronomer, Nicolas Copernicus, is buried.

    Video Clip (4:25)
  • Beyond the Big Bang: Sir Isaac Newton's Law of Gravity
    Beyond the Big Bang: Sir Isaac Newton's Law of Gravity

    Video Clip (4:38)

    In this History Channel video clip on Isaac Newton, we learn a lot about the scientist who is said to be the smartest one to have ever lived. Learn a bit about gravity and Newton's analysis on the moon. His laws explain almost everything.

    Video Clip (4:38)
  • Humanism Triggers The Renaissance
    Humanism Triggers The Renaissance

    Video Clip (1:19)

    The Renaissance began with the belief of humanism that spread through the writer.

    Video Clip (1:19)

Most Popular Videos on History.com

More videos

Newest Videos on History.com

More videos

Read More about Galileo Galilei

Considered the father of modern science, Galileo Galilei made contributions to physics, astronomy, cosmology, mathematics and philosophy.

Go

Shop HISTORY

See More