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PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE - To MARS with MERWatch the Videos
"To MARS with MER" includes more than 6 hours of broadcast television, with 3 live and interactive programs designed for science centers, planetariums, homes, schools, and other informal science education venues, and 3 documentaries taking viewers behind the scenes of the Mars Exploration Rover mission--from years before launch, to landing and surface operations. What's common to all the programs is a focus on the diverse teams of people who designed, built, launched and operate the rovers. They come from all sorts of backgrounds, some with advanced academic degrees, some with high school diplomas, some senior researchers, some just out of college. You can read lots more about many of them in RESEARCH/ers. And you can see and hear several of the engineers and scientists as they answer questions from students and members of the general public. Check out the dozens of interactions from P2K's three live and interactive programs at:
TMwM also offers special web features, introducing you online to some of the men and women behind the rovers, as well as mini-documentaries of Marsapalooza, the lively 9-day, 5-city education and outreach tour that took 6 MER scientists and engineers on the road in December 2003.
In this segment of the website you can...
WHO, WHAT...
...find out program content and who's appearing...
WHEN, WHERE
...check when and where the programs are being broadcast...
VIEW NOW
...view the programs online (once they've premiered)...
ORDER
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COUNTDOWN
TO MARS
First
aired May 1, 2003 as a live and interactive SpaceDay special,
hosted by Bill Nye The Science Guy WHO, WHATWHEN, WHERE
BOUNCING
TO MARS
First
aired August 27, 2003 at the time of the close opposition
of Earth and Mars: one hour documentary WHO, WHATWHEN, WHERE
FIRST
LOOK
First aired January 17, 2004, live from NASA JPL and the Houston Museum of Natural Science, hosted by Bill Nye
WHO, WHATWHEN, WHERE
NEW VIEWS
First aired May 1, 2004, live from the St. Louis Science
Center, hosted by Bill Nye WHO, WHATWHEN, WHERE
WHAT WENT RIGHT - coming soon
appearing on PBS stations beginning January 2006
check local listings
one hour documentary that goes behind the scenes to show how and why the men and women behind the robotic explorers made their successes.
WHO, WHAT (coming soon!) WHEN, WHERE (coming soon!)
FOLLOWING
THE WATER - coming soon
appearing on public television stations beginning January 2006
check local listings
one hour documentary featuring the rovers' discoveries in their first months on Mars WHO,
WHAT (coming soon!) WHEN, WHERE (coming soon!)
WEB VIDEO SPECIALS
TMwM also offers special web features, introducing you online to some of the men and women behind the rovers, as well as mini-documentaries of Marsapalooza, the lively 9-day, 5-city education and outreach tour that took 6 MER scientists and engineers on the road in December 2003. (Coming soon)
