Blue Sky on Mars
The cover of the album features an image by Viking 1, the first spacecraft to land on Mars; the album's liner notes include additional imagery of the planet's landscape as taken by the spacecraft on July 20, 1976. The text on the cover was done by fantastic artist Roger Dean, best known for his work on album covers for bands such as Yes. The album's title comes from the tour in the film "Total Recall".
Mars landing
In 1976 twin Viking lander's made it to the surface and provided several years of images and data, however it not be until 1997 when Mars Pathfinder until there was another Mars lander. In the 21st century there was several successful landings, but there have also been many crashes.