A chance to see Mars when it was alive?

He could not see Mars and decided that it must be "under" the ship.

We'll finally start to see Mars as an entire world in itself.

He'd seen Mars a thousand times in virtual reality simulations, of course, but this was different.

Venus had set, of course, but he was surprised to see Mars still in the west.

Usually, on his excursions outside, he saw Mars as full of promise.

Meanwhile, his first real chance of seeing Mars on the large scale had arrived.

Was he wondering if he would ever see Mars again?

We also saw Mars, our second planet of the night, still spectacular after its closest rendezvous with earth in 60,000 years.

He wondered if he'd ever see Mars again, let alone Earth.