:57:01
1-4-4-X.
:57:04
HZ lock.
:57:12
Houston, Mars- 1.
:57:15
I'm configuring Mars- 1 for a final
slingshot around the day side.
:57:18
And I will be returning to Earth.
:57:21
Relayed.
:57:27
Let's do it.
:57:44
Test, test.
:57:45
Does it work?
:57:47
I don't know.
The little green light's on.
:57:49
Houston, Mars- 1.
I've acquired elliptical orbit.
:57:53
I'm commencing engine ignition
sequence for Earth return.
:58:00
This is Mars- 1 ground crew.
Do you copy?
:58:02
This is Mars- 1 ground crew.
Do you copy?
:58:05
This is Mars- 1 ground crew.
:58:07
Do you copy? Hello?
:58:10
We're the guys on Mars.
:58:13
Come on. Someone talk to us.
:58:14
Try again.
:58:16
This is Mars- 1 ground crew.
Do you copy?
:58:19
This is Mars- 1 ground crew.
Do you copy?
:58:22
Maybe they'll hear us back in 1 997.
:58:31
It's been two hours.
:58:37
Mars-1 , Houston.
:58:39
We've picked something off a radio
telescope pointed in your direction.
:58:42
You won 't believe this.
:58:44
You'll have to tune to a frequency
we haven 't used in 50 years.
:58:47
Yeah, well. . .
:58:50
. . .it was worth a shot.