I'm going to see an image of Mars that no-one has ever seen before.

我將看到一幅從未有人見過的火星影像。

Just got so close but we just couldn't do the science.

就差那麼一點，但我們就是做不到科學。

Oh it's just incredible to see that Mars you know... is really there.

哦，真是難以置信，火星真的在那裡。

The Soviet Union was first to attempt to land on Mars.

蘇聯是第一個嘗試登陸火星的國家。

Sputnik 24 failed,

Sputnik 24失敗了。

Mars 2 crashed into the Martian surface

火星2號墜入火星表面

but it was Mars 3 that was first to properly land on the red planet.

但火星3號才是第一個正確登陸紅色星球的。

But it only had time to send this picture before it gave up completely.

但它只來得及發出這張圖片，就徹底放棄了。

Probably is the most exciting moment of your life

可能是你一生中最激動人心的時刻。

when you receive signal from the planet.

當你收到來自星球的信號時。

Greater disappointment when it stopped transmitting

當它停止傳輸時，更加失望

and you could not do anything else.

而你卻不能做其他的事情。

Jump to Mars 6

跳向火星 6

which managed to send more than three and half minutes of data and then...

它設法發送超過三分半鐘的數據，然後... ...

Silence.

沉默。

What's more a microchip failure meant a lot of what was gathered

更重要的是，一個微芯片的故障，意味著很多東西都被收集了起來

turned out to be unusable.

結果是無法使用。

Things got even worse for Mars 7 which

火星7號的情況更糟糕了，它

missed the planet entirely by 1300 km.

完全錯過了地球1300公里。

That's three Grand Canyons worth.

這就是三個大峽谷的價值。

But Mars landings started to get really good in 1976 when the Americans arrived.

但1976年美國人來到火星後，火星登陸開始真正的好起來了。

Nasa landed on the red planet exactly seven years

美國國家航空航天局登陸紅色星球整整七年了

to the day after they put the first man on the Moon.

到他們把第一個人送上月球的第二天。

And there's the first piece of information coming in.

這是第一條資訊。

Well there are rocks.

嗯，有石頭。

There are rocks, yes.

有石頭，是的。

So second to land on Mars, but first to complete its mission.

所以第二個登陸火星，但第一個完成任務。

Not long after Viking 2 landed on the opposite side of the planet

維京2號在地球的另一邊登陸後不久。

and together they took over 1,400 photographs .

他們一起拍攝了1400多張照片。

But 20 years went by before anyone tried to land again.

但20年過去了，才有人試圖再次登陸。

Russia's Mars 96 launched into Earth's orbit

俄羅斯火星96號發射進入地球軌道。

but then crashed back down around South America a few hours later.

但幾個小時後又在南美洲附近墜落。

But in 1997, Nasa had a reason to celebrate.

但在1997年，NASA有理由慶祝。

Pathfinder used airbags to land

探路者使用安全氣囊降落

before this guy,

在這傢伙之前。

rolled down a ramp and became the first wheeled vehicle on another planet.

滾下坡道，成為另一個星球上的第一輛輪式車輛。

We're there to understand Mars' climate

我們去那裡是為了瞭解火星的氣候

and how clear evidence of climate change on that planet

以及該星球上氣候變化的證據是多麼明確

relates to climate change that occurs on our own.

與我們自身發生的氣候變化有關。

Mars Polar Lander should then have done this on the south pole

火星極地登陸器就應該在南極做這個工作。

but instead it crashed and we never heard from it despite people calling on it to 'phone home'.

但它卻墜毀了，儘管有人打它的電話回家，但我們一直沒有它的消息。

Then in 2003, the European Space Agency's Beagle 2 landed

然後在2003年，歐洲航天局的 "獵鷹2號 "登陸

but we just didn't know that for over a decade.

但我們只是不知道，十多年來。

We do not have a signal from Beagle 2.

我們沒有收到比格2號的信號。

It was found in 2015 and we saw then that its solar panels hadn't unfolded properly.

它是在2015年被發現的，我們當時看到它的太陽能板沒有正常展開。

There was huge relief in 2004 with successful landings of Spirit and Opportunity

2004年，隨著 "精神 "和 "機遇 "的成功登陸，讓人們大大鬆了一口氣。

who made huge discoveries.

做出巨大發現的人。

We believe, at this place on Mars, for some period in time

我們相信，在火星上的這個地方，在一段時間內

this was the kind of place that would have been suitable for life.

這是個適合生活的地方。

They were only supposed to last for 90 days but fed back data for years.

它們本來只應該持續90天，但卻反饋了多年的數據。

Standing by for touchdown.

準備觸地得分。

They were followed by Phoenix in 2008

隨後，2008年，鳳凰衛視

which went further north than any previous mission.

它比以往任何一個特派團都要往北走。

Then Curiosity arrived- basically a mobile science lab on wheels.

然後好奇號來了--基本上是一個輪子上的移動科學實驗室。

Touchdown confirmed! We're safe on Mars!

觸地確認！我們在火星上安全了！

But in 2016, a problem with the navigation system left Schiaparelli

但在2016年，導航系統的問題讓Schiaparelli

free-falling into the Martian surface and, unsurprisingly, did not survive.

自由落體到火星表面，不出所料，沒能活下來。

And then there was InSight and this celebration that went viral.

然後是InSight和這個慶祝活動的病毒式傳播。

And that brings us right up to 2020 and China's Tianwen-1 and Nasa's Perseverance.

這就到了2020年，還有中國的 "天文一號 "和美國國家航空航天局的 "毅力號"。