Strip The CosmosS1 Ep4 - Expedition Mars

This program uses CGI animation to strip apart our cosmic neighbour - Mars - tearing off swirling dust storms, frozen ice caps, and giant volcanoes - layer by layer - to explore the secrets that lie beneath the Red Planet. Mars has been a tough training ground, with half the missions sent there ending in failure. Swirling dust storms, deadly radiation, and arctic temperatures await the first, pioneering, astronauts. Despite the dangers, space agencies around the world race to launch the first human mission. So why explore this seemingly cold, barren wasteland? Mars was once a lot like earth. This episode visits ancient riverbeds, polar ice caps, and giant volcanic regions, to find out what went wrong for this alien planet.

Strip The Cosmos was broadcast on SBS ONE at Tuesday 14 November 2017, 05:30. This episode was initially placed on Tuesday 28 April 2015.