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Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Unlike on previous missions, this landing site will befull of rover killing hazards. But...

NARRATOR: Unlike on previous missions, this landing site will be
full of rover killing hazards. But NASA has a new trick up its sleeve

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NARRATOR: Unlike on previous missions,
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this landing site will be full of rover killing hazards.
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But NASA has a new trick up its sleeve.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
01:13:35
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: Every mission to Mars has faced one huge problem. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:10
NARRATOR: Every mission to Mars has faced one huge problem.
So engineers can't guide the spacecraft from their control room. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:12
So engineers can't guide the spacecraft from their cont...
It will be able to navigate itself. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:47
It will be able to navigate itself.
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