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NASA's Mars climate orbiter burned up in the atmosphere
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Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

NASA's Mars climate orbiterburned up in the atmosphere, because of a mix up betweenmetric...

NASA's Mars climate orbiter
burned up in the atmosphere, because of a mix up between
metric and imperial units

Full Transcript

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NASA's Mars climate orbiter burned up in the atmosphere,
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because of a mix up between metric and imperial units.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:43
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.
(whirring) - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:11
(whirring)
This is somebody's entire career and to see it just pfft. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:05
This is somebody's entire career and to see it just pff...
You're going 13,000 miles an hour - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:09
You're going 13,000 miles an hour
There's enough energy and motion - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:06
There's enough energy and motion
(rumbling) - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:09
(rumbling)
NARRATOR: Even if you can make it through the atmosphere... - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:19
NARRATOR: Even if you can make it through the atmosphere...
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...