Science Trek

Mars

Special | 28m 49s

On this episode of Science Trek, Mars Science Laboratory engineers Matthew Heverly and Todd Barber answer these student’s questions (and more) about the Red Planet: Why is Mars red? Was there water on Mars? Is there life on Mars? Find out why Mars is more like Earth than any other planet in the solar system.

Aired: 09/16/13 | Rating: TV-G

Major Funding Provided by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation

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