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Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

For Mars 2020we took the landing system that we'd used on Curiosity For this mission, the...

It will be able to navigate itself. ADAM: For Mars 2020
we took the landing system that we'd used on Curiosity
and we added a very important feature, an ability to tell where it is on Mars. NARRATOR: For this mission, the engineers from NASA's
jet propulsion laboratory have harnessed the power of HiRISE. They have used its images
to build a map of the landing site in incredible detail. We've used HiRISE
to help us understand the dangers that the terrain might provide

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It will be able to navigate itself.
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ADAM: For Mars 2020 we took the landing system
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that we'd used on Curiosity and we added a very important feature,
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an ability to tell where it is on Mars.
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NARRATOR: For this mission,
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the engineers from NASA's jet propulsion laboratory
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have harnessed the power of HiRISE.
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They have used its images to build a map of the landing site
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in incredible detail.
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We've used HiRISE to help us understand the dangers
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that the terrain might provide.
Duration
47 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
01:14:25
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: Mars 2020 - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:07
NARRATOR: Mars 2020
Then it will zero in on its target. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:04
Then it will zero in on its target.
Retro rockets will guide this $2.5 billion rover - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:11
Retro rockets will guide this $2.5 billion rover
Once on the ground Mars 2020 will carry out its simple - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:08
Once on the ground Mars 2020 will carry out its simple
to burrow into the planet's surface, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:08
to burrow into the planet's surface,
DIANA: Is there life or was there life on the surface of Mars? - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:10
DIANA: Is there life or was there life on the surface of Mar...
If Mars 2020 can answer that question - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:11
If Mars 2020 can answer that question
NARRATOR: As these robot pioneers hunt for life on Mars, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:05
NARRATOR: As these robot pioneers hunt for life on Mars,
we are laying the groundwork for the next great challenge... - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:16
we are laying the groundwork for the next great challenge...
WOMAN (over radio): We have ignition of - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:20
WOMAN (over radio): We have ignition of
Space exploration, a tough but not impossible thing. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:14
Space exploration, a tough but not impossible thing.
NARRATOR: But this mission will be together than anything - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:05
NARRATOR: But this mission will be together than anything
There are two giant hurdles. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:07
There are two giant hurdles.
There's really no shortage of challenges - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:08
There's really no shortage of challenges
ADAM: The navigation is hard. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:13
ADAM: The navigation is hard.
LUJENDRA: It takes about seven months to get to Mars. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:10
LUJENDRA: It takes about seven months to get to Mars.
WOMAN: You're going to have a kind of cabin fever - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:14
WOMAN: You're going to have a kind of cabin fever
Unbreathable air, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:09
Unbreathable air,
And an unseen danger that even spacesuits offer - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:11
And an unseen danger that even spacesuits offer
It seems an impossible problem. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:09
It seems an impossible problem.