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The Sky at Night
BBC Four

S15E09: Mars Comes Close

The Sky at Night · 1971
Aired 18 Aug 1971 at 9:00pm (UTC)
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Synopsis

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?

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