Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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NASA's Curiosity rover is the most advanced space vehicle ever built. Tasked with discovering if Mars once supported life, the rover faced an incredibly perilous journey to a planet notorious for destroying spacecraft. This documentary takes you behind the scenes at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as engineers attempt the most audacious planetary landing in history: lowering a one-ton rover to the surface using a hovering rocket crane. Discover the billion-dollar science, the painstaking preparation, and the terrifying descent that defined this historic mission.

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