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Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

When you thinkabout half a billion-dollar spacecraft inside this gigantic beach ball...

CALLAS: When you think
about half a billion-dollar spacecraft inside this gigantic beach ball bouncing around on the surface of Mars, it goes into the category of
"what were they thinking?" (instrumental music playing)

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CALLAS: When you think about half a billion-dollar spacecraft
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inside this gigantic beach ball
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bouncing around on the surface of Mars,
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it goes into the category of "what were they thinking?"
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(instrumental music playing)
Duration
14 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:21
Uploaded
Jun 05, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
National Geographic,The Garden Productions

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Movie Summary

An epic journey around Mars — built from real satellite and rover data — revealing the red planet as you’ve never seen it before.
NARRATOR: Opportunity was safe on the ground. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:13
NARRATOR: Opportunity was safe on the ground.
JAMES: When we landed and we saw the first view - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:08
JAMES: When we landed and we saw the first view
I remember crying and saying, "This is exploration." - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:06
I remember crying and saying, "This is exploration.&quo...
Opportunity is turning our camera back on this tiny little shallow crater - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:17
Opportunity is turning our camera back on this tiny little s...
NARRATOR: Opportunity showed us icy clouds - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:06
NARRATOR: Opportunity showed us icy clouds
Even the other worldly setting of our shared sun. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:04
Even the other worldly setting of our shared sun.
Opportunity's discoveries were truly breathtaking. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:11
Opportunity's discoveries were truly breathtaking.
It's much like you have an aging parent. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:31
It's much like you have an aging parent.
So we figured the rovers would have enough time to last - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:10
So we figured the rovers would have enough time to last
(wind howling) - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:11
(wind howling)
The rovers engineers were perplexed. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:08
The rovers engineers were perplexed.
NARRATOR: As the Martian dust settled on NASA's solar powered rover, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:16
NARRATOR: As the Martian dust settled on NASA's solar p...
We have actually a series of time lapse photographs - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:11
We have actually a series of time lapse photographs
And we think it's something like that - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:06
And we think it's something like that
NARRATOR: As these dust devils move across the landscape, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:05
NARRATOR: As these dust devils move across the landscape,
spiraling up to twelve miles into the sky, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:05
spiraling up to twelve miles into the sky,
they leave tell tail tracks behind them. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:04
they leave tell tail tracks behind them.
The mysterious patterns that we can see with HiRISE. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:05
The mysterious patterns that we can see with HiRISE.
Incredibly it was Martian weather - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:07
Incredibly it was Martian weather
But in July 2018, a global dust storm hit the planet. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:14
But in July 2018, a global dust storm hit the planet.