After landing they spend several minutes looking out viewports and describing the sights to us, then Iris sees a scary face in the window and screams. The Pentagon has screen doors. A rocket landing looks just like a rocket taking off, except in reverse. Shifting desert sand dunes make excellent landing pads. Earth is orbited by deadly radioactive meteorites.
Palm trees grow on Mars.
If it looks like a carnivorous plant then it probably is a carnivorous plant. Having your eyes flash frozen sucks. Nobody likes us. That is a darn roomy spaceship. 42 mins-I really think that their helmets are open, no faceplates.