The Sky at Night — Episode 9: Mars Comes Close

You are watching the episode Mars Comes Close 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?