Roving Mars

{{distinguish|Mission to Mars}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Roving Mars

| image = RovingMars.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = George Butler

| producer = George Butler
Frank Marshall

| writer = Robert Andrus
George Butler

| narrator = Paul Newman (introduction only)

| starring =

| music = Philip Glass
Sigur Rós

| cinematography = T.C. Christensen

| editing = Nancy Baker

| studio = Walt Disney Pictures
White Mountain Films
The Kennedy/Marshall Company

| distributor = Buena Vista Pictures Distribution

| released = {{Film date|2006|01|27}}

| runtime = 40 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $1 million{{cite web |url=http://www.moviemoney.com/newsletter/SEPTEMBER2015NEWSLETTER.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112001113/http://www.moviemoney.com/newsletter/SEPTEMBER2015NEWSLETTER.pdf |archivedate=2017-01-12 }}

| gross = $11 million{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=marsimax.htm|title=Roving Mars (IMAX) (2006)|website=Box Office Mojo|accessdate=June 3, 2016}}

}}

Roving Mars is a 2006 American IMAX documentary film about the development, launch, and operation of the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity.{{cite journal|author=Pasachoff, Jay|authorlink=Jay Pasachoff|title=Film: Big trip to the red planet|journal=Nature|volume=440|issue=7080|date=2 March 2006|pages=28–29|bibcode=2006Natur.440...28P|doi=10.1038/440028a|doi-access=free}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2009/01/25/with_roving_mars_documentarian_shoots_for_the_stars/ |title=With 'Roving Mars,' Butler shoots for the stars - The Boston Globe |publisher=Boston.com |date=2009-01-25 |accessdate=2012-05-07 |first=Sam |last=Allis}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/mv/boxoffice/weekend/ |title=Movie Box Office | Highest Grossing Movies - Yahoo! Movies |publisher=Movies.yahoo.com |date=2011-04-20 |accessdate=2012-05-07}}

Roving Mars is also the title of a non-fiction book by MER principal investigator Steve Squyres about the rover mission.