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NARRATOR: Even if you can make it through the atmosphere
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Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Even if you can It's nerve-racking but, man, does it make it soexhilarating when it works

NARRATOR: Even if you can
make it through the atmosphere... (explosion) ...landing is a whole new challenge. ABIGAIL: It's nerve-racking but, man, does it make it so
exhilarating when it works

Full Transcript

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NARRATOR: Even if you can make it through the atmosphere...
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(explosion)
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...landing is a whole new challenge.
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ABIGAIL: It's nerve-racking
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but, man, does it make it so exhilarating when it works.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:32
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.
One that made it to the surface, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:07
One that made it to the surface,
Thanks to a mysterious alien force. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:09
Thanks to a mysterious alien force.
NARRATOR: The longest running rover that has ever explored Mars - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:08
NARRATOR: The longest running rover that has ever explored M...
The sandy plains of Meridiani Planum. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:04
The sandy plains of Meridiani Planum.
Still sitting here today is the lifeless shell - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:08
Still sitting here today is the lifeless shell
Expected to operate for 90 days, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:16
Expected to operate for 90 days,
And the key to its marathon mission was a mysterious force, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:09
And the key to its marathon mission was a mysterious force,
(beeping) - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:11
(beeping)
NARRATOR: Opportunity's mission was to hunt for evidence - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:13
NARRATOR: Opportunity's mission was to hunt for evidenc...
CALLAS: Landing on Mars is very difficult. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:17
CALLAS: Landing on Mars is very difficult.
(instrumental music playing) - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:05
(instrumental music playing)
NARRATOR: To protect their rover, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:11
NARRATOR: To protect their rover,
NARRATOR: Shock absorbers... - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:07
NARRATOR: Shock absorbers...
CALLAS: When you think about half a billion-dollar spacecraft - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:14
CALLAS: When you think about half a billion-dollar spacecraf...
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.