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Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Still sitting here todayis the lifeless shell of NASA's Opportunity rover

Still sitting here today
is the lifeless shell of NASA's Opportunity rover

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Still sitting here today is the lifeless shell
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of NASA's Opportunity rover.
Duration
8 seconds
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16
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:41
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.
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.
Opportunity's discoveries were truly breathtaking. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:11
Opportunity's discoveries were truly breathtaking.
It's much like you have an aging parent. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:31
It's much like you have an aging parent.
So we figured the rovers would have enough time to last - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:10
So we figured the rovers would have enough time to last
(wind howling) - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:11
(wind howling)
The rovers engineers were perplexed. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:08
The rovers engineers were perplexed.