Roving Mars(Movie, 2006)

Roving Mars is a 2006 American IMAX documentary film about the development, launch, and operation of the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. The film uses few actual photographs from Mars, opting to use computer generated animation based on the photographs and data from the rovers and other Mars probes. The film has been released on Blu-ray disc by distributor Disney. Roving Mars has made over US$10 million as of January 25, 2009. Roving Mars is also the title of a non-fiction book by MER principal investigator Steve Squyres about the rover mission. ()