Carl Sagan: Blues for a Red Planet (documentary)

Blues for a Red Planet (1980) is a documentary about the exploration of Mars by Carl Sagan - the famous visionary of space exploration and colonization. It is the 5th episode of Carl Sagan's Cosmos series and follows the humanity's gradually improving perception of the planet Mars - from our first looks at the night sky to Schiaparelli's Martian canals and global myth of intelligent but dying Martian civilization and finally the first Mars probes and two Viking landers (the most recent Mars probes of that time).

You can watch the full documentary here:

Astronauts exploring Mars by Kyle Brown

Picture of the Day 7/2/15 - Astronauts trying to find a lost Mars rover by American concept artist Kyle Brown. More of his art here.

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Lone astronaut on Mars by Alberto Vangelista

Picture of the Day 28/1/15 - A lone explorer on Mars by Italian digital artist Alberto Vangelista. More of his art here.

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Mars trucks by Bryan Versteeg

Picture of the Day 3/1/15 - Mars exploration vehicles by Bryan Versteeg. More of his space concept art here.

Entering Mars atmosphere by Manchu

Picture of the Day 15/6/14 - Mars habitat module entering Mars atmosphere with Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) by French sci-fi artist Manchu (Philippe Bouchet).

Setting up a Mars base by Pat Rawlings

Picture of the Day 8/5/14 - Setting up a Mars base (1998) by space illustrator Pat Rawlings.

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Red Dragon landing on Mars by SpaceX

Picture of the Day 4/5/14 - Red Dragon (made by SpaceX) landing on Mars.

Astronauts exploring Mars by Sean Brady

Picture of the Day 27/4/14 - "Olympos station" (2007) by Sean Brady from United Kingdom.
Author's description of the scene: Setting up an automated weather station on the lower slopes of Olympus Mons.

Spaceship in Mars orbit by deckard01

Picture of the Day 23/4/14 - Spaceship in Mars orbit (2013) by computer graphics artist deckard01.

Astronauts exploring Mars by Ren Wicks

Picture of the Day 15/4/14 - A classic work "Mars mission" (1990) by American artist Ren Wicks. More of his Mars art here.

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Mars rover by Walter Myers

Picture of the Day 13/4/14 - Mars exploration rover by sci-fi artist Walter Myers. Watch more of his art here.

Astronaut working on Mars by unknown artist

Picture of the Day 10/4/14 - Can anyone point me out the author of this Mars artwork? Leave in comments...

Astronauts exploring Valles Marineris by Sean Brady

Picture of the Day 7/4/14 - Exploration of Valles Marineris (2009) by Sean Brady from United Kingdom.

Astronauts exploring Valles Marineris by Tiago da Silva

Picture of the Day 4/4/14 - "Valles Marineris" by Portuguese fantasy artist Tiago da Silva (Grafik). More of his work (no more Mars though) at grafik.deviantart.com

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Astronauts exploring Noctis Labyrinthus by Pat Rawlings

Picture of the Day 2/4/14 - A classic work "in Noctis Labyrinthus" (1989) for NASA by Pat Rawlings.

Maybe it's You there climbing? ;)

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