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Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

An epic journey around Mars — built from real satellite and rover data — revealing the red planet as you’ve never seen it before.

Director

Martin Johnson

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National Geographic,The Garden Productions

Awards

2 nominations

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DERRICK: He looked at Mars
every opportunity he had - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

DERRICK: He looked at Mars every opportunity he had

He also seemed to observe
the change in the vegetation - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

He also seemed to observe the change in the vegetation

He's included vast networks of canals, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

He's included vast networks of canals,

NARRATOR: In the years
after Lowell's discovery, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: In the years after Lowell's discovery,

But we didn't get a chance
to find out if we were right, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

But we didn't get a chance to find out if we were right...

NARRATOR: Mariner 4 was
NASA's first successful mission - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: Mariner 4 was NASA's first successful mission

At last a chance to study Mars up close. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

At last a chance to study Mars up close.

We were inventing stuff
every step of the way. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

We were inventing stuff every step of the way.

But you're working hard,
had guys working 50, 60 hours a week. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

But you're working hard, had guys working 50, 60 hours ...

This was the 60's,
the dawn of the space age. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

This was the 60's, the dawn of the space age.

And it just fired our imagination about
you know, what could be there? - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

And it just fired our imagination about you know, what could...

AMY: Mariner 4 was a huge deal, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

AMY: Mariner 4 was a huge deal,

The public was expecting to see these - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

The public was expecting to see these

I was 13 and I actually can remember - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

I was 13 and I actually can remember

NARRATOR: Nervously,
the world waited to see - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: Nervously, the world waited to see

(indistinct conversation) - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

(indistinct conversation)

JOHN: We didn't know what
it was gonna look like. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

JOHN: We didn't know what it was gonna look like.

We had these little tape recorders
that would just - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

We had these little tape recorders that would just

So we got the idea of,
why didn't we just take that - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

So we got the idea of, why didn't we just take that

NARRATOR: As the data came back,
a picture emerged. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: As the data came back, a picture emerged.

MICHIO: It did not show
a tropical environment - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

MICHIO: It did not show a tropical environment

No canals, no oceans, no rivers. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

No canals, no oceans, no rivers.

We didn't see any cities, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

We didn't see any cities,

What amazed me was, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

What amazed me was,

NARRATOR: For all our dreams
of a living Mars, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: For all our dreams of a living Mars,

Circling above the planet's surface,
a new electronic eye. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Circling above the planet's surface, a new electronic e...

This is NASA's Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

This is NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

It's capturing Mars
in unprecedented spectacular detail. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

It's capturing Mars in unprecedented spectacular detail...

It gives us the illusion, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

It gives us the illusion,

The way you look out
and almost touch the landscape. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

The way you look out and almost touch the landscape.

Think about it... One pixel,
one dot on the HiRISE photograph - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Think about it... One pixel, one dot on the HiRISE photograp...

NARRATOR: HiRISE is showing us that
Mars is much more than a barren desert. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: HiRISE is showing us that Mars is much more than a...

It's revealing a world
beyond our wildest imagination. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

It's revealing a world beyond our wildest imagination.

JAMES: This is just not beautiful,
it is magnificent. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

JAMES: This is just not beautiful, it is magnificent.

DAVID: But once you can
see things in that detail, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

DAVID: But once you can see things in that detail,

NARRATOR: Using HiRISE data,
we can now show you for the first time - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: Using HiRISE data, we can now show you for the fir...

This is a view no human has ever seen. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

This is a view no human has ever seen.

When Percival Lowell looked towards here, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

When Percival Lowell looked towards here,

Today with HiRISE's powerful gaze, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Today with HiRISE's powerful gaze,

On a global scale, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

On a global scale,

The size of shape of
regions like Syrtis Major - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

The size of shape of regions like Syrtis Major

DERRICK: Percival Lowell could see these
large shaded regions - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

DERRICK: Percival Lowell could see these large shaded region...

For years, humanity thought so. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

For years, humanity thought so.

3,200 miles southwest of Syrtis Major, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

3,200 miles southwest of Syrtis Major,

Noachis Terra. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

At first glance, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

At first glance,

AMY: Some are huge, the size
of a city or an entire state. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

AMY: Some are huge, the size of a city or an entire state.

We can also see that
some craters have been - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

We can also see that some craters have been

MICHIO: Simply by counting
and analyzing these craters - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

MICHIO: Simply by counting and analyzing these craters

Each is formed
by a single meteorite impact, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Each is formed by a single meteorite impact,

These craters are like opening doors
into the geology of Mars, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

These craters are like opening doors into the geology of Mar...

NARRATOR: These craters
are 140 million miles away. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: These craters are 140 million miles away.

NARRATOR: This is a rock worth
200 times more than gold. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: This is a rock worth 200 times more than gold.

This is NWA 8-6-8-7,
it's called a troctolite. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

This is NWA 8-6-8-7, it's called a troctolite.

And I liked it 'cause it was
shaped like a star. (laughs) - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

And I liked it 'cause it was shaped like a star. (laugh...

Sometime around May of 2011, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Sometime around May of 2011,

(camera clicking) - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

(camera clicking)

And I loved when I got it in my hands, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

And I loved when I got it in my hands,

CARL: In this safe I have
unknown meteorites, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

CARL: In this safe I have unknown meteorites,

This is an iron meteorite
that fell in Odessa, Texas. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

This is an iron meteorite that fell in Odessa, Texas.

One day I received a shipment from Jay - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

One day I received a shipment from Jay

The first thing that I thought was, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

The first thing that I thought was,

He told me he thought it had
shoe shine polish or that - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

He told me he thought it had shoe shine polish or that

And I said, "Hey, would you look at it,
but don't cut into it." - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

And I said, "Hey, would you look at it, but don't ...

(saw whirring) - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

And it took about a year
collaborating with other scientists - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

And it took about a year collaborating with other scientists

NARRATOR: The story of how
this Martian rock ended up on Earth - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: The story of how this Martian rock ended up on Ear...

A violent meteorite strike, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

A violent meteorite strike,

Fusing together ancient rocks, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Fusing together ancient rocks,

Like shrapnel, it was launched into space. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Like shrapnel, it was launched into space.

And for millions of years,
it wandered the solar system, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

And for millions of years, it wandered the solar system,

Safe on Earth, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

CARL: What we have here
is a section of Black Beauty - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

CARL: What we have here is a section of Black Beauty

NARRATOR: Hidden in the layers of rock, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: Hidden in the layers of rock,

Black Beauty was soaked with Martian water - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Black Beauty was soaked with Martian water

NARRATOR: So could water really
have flowed on this dusty world? - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: So could water really have flowed on this dusty wo...

Black Beauty only gives us
a tiny, tantalizing hint. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Black Beauty only gives us a tiny, tantalizing hint.

To discover how big a part
water played on ancient Mars... - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

To discover how big a part water played on ancient Mars...

we've had to send probes
to the planet itself. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

we've had to send probes to the planet itself.

As we leave Noachis Terra behind, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

As we leave Noachis Terra behind,

In fact, there's something called
the Mars jinx. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

In fact, there's something called the Mars jinx.

Mars has its own plans
for whether this is gonna go well, or not. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Mars has its own plans for whether this is gonna go well, or...

NARRATOR: The quest to find water
and perhaps even life on Mars, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NARRATOR: The quest to find water and perhaps even life on M...

AMY: The Soviet Union was the first
to start sending missions to Mars - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

AMY: The Soviet Union was the first to start sending mission...

NASA's Mars climate orbiter
burned up in the atmosphere, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NASA's Mars climate orbiter burned up in the atmosphere...

(whirring) - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

This is somebody's entire career
and to see it just pfft. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

This is somebody's entire career and to see it just pff...

You're going 13,000 miles an hour - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

You're going 13,000 miles an hour

There's enough energy and motion - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

There's enough energy and motion

(rumbling) - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Mars: One Day on the Red Planet poster

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An epic journey around Mars — built from real satellite and rover data — revealing the red planet as you’ve never seen it before.

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Director: Martin Johnson

Writer: N/A

Production: National Geographic,The Garden Productions

Genre: documentary

Year: 2020

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 11 Apr 2020

Awards: 2 nominations

Homepage: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/movies-and-specials/mars-one-day-on-the-red-planet