Roving Mars (2006)

Directed by

George Butler

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

40 min

Rated

PG

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary covers the creation and mission of two NASA rovers sent to explore Mars. It explains their launch and how they operated on the planet's surface. Computer animation recreates what the rovers experienced.

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What happens

Roving Mars is a 2006 American IMAX documentary film about the development, launch, and operation of the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. The film uses few actual photographs from Mars, opting to use computer generated animation based on the photographs and data from the rovers and other Mars probes. The film has been released on Blu-ray disc by distributor Disney. Roving Mars has made over US$10 million as of January 25, 2009. Roving Mars is also the title of a non-fiction book by MER principal investigator Steve Squyres about the rover mission. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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