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

Mariner 4 wasNASA's first successful mission to the red planet

NARRATOR: Mariner 4 was
NASA's first successful mission to the red planet

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NARRATOR: Mariner 4 was NASA's first successful mission
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to the red planet.
Duration
6 seconds
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21
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:38
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.
At last a chance to study Mars up close. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:09
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 00:06
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 00:05
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 00:04
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 00:04
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 00:11
AMY: Mariner 4 was a huge deal,
The public was expecting to see these - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:06
The public was expecting to see these
I was 13 and I actually can remember - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:08
I was 13 and I actually can remember
NARRATOR: Nervously, the world waited to see - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:07
NARRATOR: Nervously, the world waited to see
(indistinct conversation) - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:08
(indistinct conversation)
JOHN: We didn't know what it was gonna look like. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:06
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 00:11
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 00:06
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 00:07
NARRATOR: As the data came back, a picture emerged.
MICHIO: It did not show a tropical environment - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:06
MICHIO: It did not show a tropical environment
No canals, no oceans, no rivers. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:04
No canals, no oceans, no rivers.
We didn't see any cities, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:05
We didn't see any cities,
What amazed me was, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:19
What amazed me was,
NARRATOR: For all our dreams of a living Mars, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:10
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 00:06
Circling above the planet's surface, a new electronic e...