The Sky at Night
Season 15 Episode 9 - Mars Comes Close
8.3 ?
1957
Documentary, News
Mars is at its closest to earth since 1956, and American and Russian probes are on their way to map it and send back scientific information. Patrick Moore discusses with Dr Geoffrey Eglinton the ambitious Viking mission, now in preparation to soft-land a space craft on the red planet in 1975. The mission which may at last answer the question: Is there life on Mars?
Episodes in Season 15
1
The Approach of Mars
2
Things are Seldom What They Seem
3
Sirius, the Dog-Star
4
A Black Hole in Space?
5
Jupiter - the Other Magnetic Planet
6
Orbiting Space-Stations
7
Tracking the Stars
8
How Far Are the Stars?
9
Mars Comes Close
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Kepler, Genius and Mystic
12
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