The Sky at Night · SEASON 15

Mars

Episode 12 · 1971-11-17

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Three spacecraft should reach the red planet this month, the Russian Mars 2 and Mars 3 and the American Mariner 9. Patrick Moore shows the latest photographs from Mariner, and discusses these with Arthur Cross

Season 15 episodes

1. The Approach of Mars1970-01-13 2. Things are Seldom What They Seem1971-02-03 3. Sirius, the Dog-Star1970-03-03 4. A Black Hole in Space?1971-04-01 5. Jupiter - the Other Magnetic Planet1971-04-27 6. Orbiting Space-Stations1971-06-08 7. Tracking the Stars1971-06-30 8. How Far Are the Stars?1971-07-21 9. Mars Comes Close1971-08-18 10. The Life and Death of a Star1971-09-15 11. Kepler, Genius and Mystic1971-10-13 12. Mars1971-11-17 13. The Royal Observatory Telescope1971-12-07