Unfurling the codex…
An unofficial illustrated fan codex of The Martian — its characters, world, story, powers, and lore.
Mark Watney · Melissa Lewis · Rick Martinez · Beth Johanssen · Chris Beck · Alex Vogel · Mitch Henderson · Venkat Kapoor · Annie Montrose · Teddy Sanders · Mindy Park · Rich Purnell · Bruce Ng · JPL Director · NASA Administrator · Santiago · Rey · Guo Ming · Vogel's Wife · Lewis's Daughter · Beck's Wife · Ryan Burke · Sandra Osei · Bruce Nguyen · all 26 →
Mars · Acidalia Planitia · Schiaparelli Crater · Ares 3 Hab · Pathfinder · Sojourner · Ares 4 MAV · Houston · Earth · China National Space Administration · Elon Musk's Tesla · Rich Purnell's Office · The Great Dust Storm · Ares III · Beijing · Jet Propulsion Laboratory · The Habitat · The Rover · Noordwijk
Ares 3 Launch · Sandstorm at Acidalia Planitia · Abandonment of Mark Watney · Potato Farming Begins · The Hab Explosion · Pathfinder Recovery · MAV Ascent Modification · Hermes Resupply and Rescue · Ares 4 MAV Intercept · Watney's EVA to the MAV · The Iron Man Launch · Hermes Crew Rescue of Watney · Hermes · Chen Wu · Anatoly Belyayev · Vincent Kapoor · Ares IV · JPL
Ares Program · Hermes Crew · Mars Mission Control · The Commune · The Martian Congressional Republic Navy · Earth-Mars Coalition · The Belt Alliance · The Red Planet Colonists · The Science Team · The Botany Team · The Hab Crew · The Pathfinder Team · The MAV Team · NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) · Ares III Crew · Ares IV Crew · China National Space Administration (CNSA) · European Space Agency (ESA) · NASA Headquarters (Washington, D.C.)
The Martian FTL Drive · The Jovian Empire's Gravity Plating · The Polarian Disruptor · The Martian Mind-Sword · The Jovian Stasis Field Generator · The Polarian Phase-Shift Cloak · The Black Legion's Bio-Adaptive Armor · The Therian Plasma Lance · The Martian Crown of Command · The Jovian Imperial Battle-Staff · The Black Legion's Soul-Eater Blade · The Therian Heartstone · The Martian Teleportation Gate Network · Ares III habitat · Pressurized Mars Rover · Potato greenhouse · Ares IV lander · Hermes abort engine · Comms array · Rube Goldberg device · Rube Goldberg potato rig · Rube Goldberg mechanism · Rube Goldberg apparatus · Rube Goldberg contraption · all 28 →
The First Landing on Mars · The Hermes Program · The Ares 3 Mission · The Hab Construction · The MAV Explosion · The Potato Farm · The Journey to Schiaparelli Crater · The Pathfinder Retrieval · The Ares 4 MAV Modification · The Rich Purnell Maneuver · The Hermes Resupply · The Chinese Taiyang Shen Booster · The Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) Design · The Sol 6 Emergency · Perchlorates · Hohmann transfer orbit · Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator · European Space Agency · NASA · Radiation shielding · Mars regolith · Potato cultivation · CNSA