
Was there once life on Mars, in Jezero Crater, long ago? In the small, idyllic village of Jezero in Republika Srpska- on planet Earth, that is - nobody, of course, knows the answer. That's for scientists to figure out. But the people of Jezero believe that their namesake on a distant planet is about to open the door to a better, happier future.

On July 20, 1969, more than 600 million people around the world sat in front of their television sets, waiting for a moment no previous generation had ever imagined possible. The black-and-white images were grainy, the signal faded in and out, and voices from space arrived through bursts of static and interference. Yet no one looked away. Humanity was about to witness its first footsteps on another world.