Mars Rising Six Minutes of Terror (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | 46 min | Documentary

Mars Rising

Six Minutes of Terror (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV Episode | 46 min | Documentary

Examining vehicle entry into the Martian atmosphere, and techniques to slow and protect the capsule. Also: targeting a landing spot in 90 seconds. Willam Shatner narrates.

Director

Laura Turek

Writer

Laura Turek

Producer

Julie Nadezna

Composer

Michael Richard Plowman

Cinematographers

Rénald Bellemare | Robert Bock | François Dagenais | Andrei Khabad & 4 more

Editors

Yves Chaput | Ben Murphy | Rosella Tursi

See all filmmakers & crew (51)

Edit Released

Updated Oct 28, 2007

Release date

Oct 28, 2007 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

2 nominations

Contacts

+ Add

Become a member to see contact information for Six Minutes of Terror.

Cast	+ Add Cast
26 cast members

Name	Known for
Adam Steltzner Self (as Dr. Adam Steltzner) Self (as Dr. Adam Steltzner) See fewer	Approaching the Unknown (2016)
Yanick Bousquet Astronaut #1 Astronaut #1 See fewer	The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Neil Cheatwood Self (as Dr. Neil Cheatwood) Self (as Dr. Neil Cheatwood) See fewer	Mars Rising (2007)
Rob Manning Self Self See fewer	Good Night Oppy (2022)
Valery Finchenko Self Self See fewer	Mars Rising (2007)
James Cameron Self Self See fewer	Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Glen Brown Self - Vertigo, Inc. Self - Vertigo, Inc. See fewer	Mars Rising (2007)
James Garvin Self (as James B. Garvin) Self (as James B. Garvin) See fewer	Mars: One Day on the Red Planet (2020)
Leonid Gorshkov Self Self See fewer	Mars Rising (2007)
Paul Delaney Self (as Prof. Paul Delaney) Self (as Prof. Paul Delaney) See fewer	Mars Rising (2007)
Ruslan Kuzmin Self (as Dr. Ruslan Kuzmin) Self (as Dr. Ruslan Kuzmin) See fewer	Mars Rising (2007)
Neil Armstrong Self Self See fewer	Forest 404 (I) (2019)
Charles Duke Self (archive footage) (as Charlie Duke) Self (archive footage) (as Charlie Duke) See fewer	Space Warriors (2013)
Buzz Aldrin Self (archive sound) Self (archive sound) See fewer	Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Robert D. Richards Self - Optech Inc. (as Robert Richards) Self - Optech Inc. (as Robert Richards) See fewer	Visioneer: The Peter Diamandis Story (2015)
Jean de La Fontaine Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	La cicala e la formica (1919)
Joe Kosmo Self Self See fewer	Moon Machines (2008)
Amy Ross Self - NASA Self - NASA See fewer	Darkroom (2008)
Dave Graziosi Self - Spacesuit Design Self - Spacesuit Design See fewer	Mars Rising (2007)
Bill Avery Self - NASA Self - NASA See fewer	Mars Rising (2007)
Dean Eppler Self (as Dr. Dean Eppler) Self (as Dr. Dean Eppler) See fewer	Mars Rising (2007)
Brent Bos Self Self See fewer	Mars Rising (2007)
Steve Metzger Self (as Dr. Steve Metzger) Self (as Dr. Steve Metzger) See fewer	Mars Rising (2007)
Monique Phillips Astronaut #2 Astronaut #2 See fewer	Web of Dreams (2019)
William Shatner Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
LeRoy Cain Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Nova (1974)