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# The Changing Face of Mars
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/jpl-and-the-space-age/episode/the-changing-face-of-mars-kbssqm/
- Published: 2025-08-04T19:45:55.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T07:34:53.000Z
- Description: A look back at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's first roles in exploring the Red Planet.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: JPL and the Space Age, Season 1, Episode 4, #ZZZ_Episode_7aa9c08d-7cd9-467d-98e3-9b03f05596a3, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_1fa9cd81-09f7-41c4-9fac-1f45fe7b748d, #v1.16

The Changing Face of Mars reveals, through archival footage and interviews with key scientists and engineers, JPL's first roles in exploring the Red Planet, from Mariner 4, through the 1976 arrival of the Viking orbiters and landers.