Seven Days on Mars

Professor Brian Cox fulfils a childhood dream by going behind the scenes at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This is mission control for Mars 2020, one of the most ambitious projects ever launched that may reveal if life existed on the red planet. With unique, privileged access, Brian watches the rover, Perseverance, travel the surface of Mars in real time, seeking out signs of alien existence
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