Mars: In Search of the Red Planet

Overview

Destination... Mars. Take a journey into space as the Discovery cameras go in search of the Red Planet in a fascinating and insightful series of programmes that takes a closer look at Mars and the missions that have set out to find out more about Earth's neighbour. From the amazing success of the NASA rovers (Spirit and Opportunity) that set out to explore the terrain of the planet and transmit the data back to Earth, to a NASA exploration of the extraordinary mysteries of Mars the like of which had never before been seen and the feasibility of sending humans to the Red Planet, these programmes find out what is known about Mars and what bigger secrets it has yet to reveal.