Expedition Mars: Spirit & Opportunity

Nov 16, 2016

1h 28m

★ 7.8

Conquering the next frontier

Overview

Expedition Mars: Spirit & Opportunity brings to life one of the greatest sagas of the Space Age, the epic adventures of Spirit and Opportunity, the rovers that saved NASA's Mars program after a string of failures in the 1990's.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

National Geographic

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