Bethesda Md. based Lockheed Martin says it will team up with the Walt Disney Company and become the sole sponsor of Disney's latest film "Roving Mars" said a press release from the technology and space company.We are pleased to work with a company that believes as we do that space exploration “speaks to the fundamental human desire to understand the nature of our universe," said G. Thomas Marsh, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin in the press release.
The film chronicles the building and launching of two robotic explorers, Spirit and Opportunity, and the tons of images, video and information gathered over the last two years from the red planet. The film also follows lead scientist Steve Squyres and the team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory setbacks and ultimate success in getting the rovers to the Martian surface.
”Roving Mars” was produced in IMAX technology, which includes high-resolution images and digital sound projected on screens up to five-stories high. It will premiere in Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum's Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater in the District on Jan. 26 before debuting a day later on IMAX theatres nationwide.
Photo Credit Courtesy of NASA JPL.
For more information on the Mars Rovers and movie, check out these links.
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/rovingmars/
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/mer_main.html
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