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"Welcome to Mars"<br /><br />http://www.pbs.org/nova/mars/<br /><br />Broadcast: January 4, 2005<br />(NOVA airs Tuesdays on PBS at 8 p.m. Check your local listings as<br />dates and times may vary.)<br /><br />On January 3, 2004, a rover named Spirit, cushioned inside a pyramid<br />of balloons, hurtled through the martian atmosphere and crash-landed<br />on the dusty surface of Mars. Minutes later, Spirit sent its first<br />message home. NOVA captured the elation of the assembled scientists,<br />along with the much more involved engineering story leading up to<br />the landing, in the award-winning documentary "MARS Dead or Alive,"<br />which aired one year ago. That elation is the starting point for the<br />highly anticipated sequel, "Welcome to Mars." In this mission update<br />NOVA follows the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity from the second<br />they crash-land on the planet to many months into their ongoing<br />mission. The story unfolds from inside NASA's Jet Propulsion<br />Laboratory, providing a unique, behind-the-scenes take on this<br />voyage of discovery, whose primary goal has been to find evidence<br />that liquid water once existed on Mars. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>