Lore & History
24 entries in the The Martian compendium.
The First Landing on MarsOne footprint. One heartbeat. One impossible chance.The Hermes ProgramThe bridge between Earth and Mars.The Ares 3 MissionSix went to Mars. One stayed behind. The whole world came to get him.The Hab ConstructionA bubble of Earth, inflated on a dead world.The MAV ExplosionA single spark, a broken array, and Mark Watney is stranded alone on an alien world.The Potato FarmMartian dirt to dinner plate — one spud at a time.The Journey to Schiaparelli CraterA 3,200-kilometer gamble against the Martian desert.The Pathfinder RetrievalA dead probe becomes a lifeline to Earth.The Ares 4 MAV ModificationOne man's hack to turn a four-person ship into a lifeline.The Rich Purnell ManeuverA slingshot around Earth to save a stranded astronaut.The Hermes ResupplyA desperate lifeline across the void.The Chinese Taiyang Shen BoosterThe celestial chariot that saved an astronaut.The Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) DesignThe only way off Mars—if you can jury-rig it with duct tape, hydrazine, and sheer desperatThe Sol 6 EmergencyOne storm. One mistake. One man left behind.PerchloratesThe invisible poison in Martian dirt that nearly starved a man to death.Hohmann transfer orbitOne ellipse, two burns, and a man who refuses to die on a rock.Radioisotope Thermoelectric GeneratorNo sun, no fuel tank—just a quiet pellet of plutonium keeping a man alive.Ares IVFour astronauts, one short orbit, and a flag that refused to fall.European Space AgencyNo single flag flies on the road to Mars—ESA shares the load.NASAWhen one astronaut is left behind on Mars, all of NASA becomes his lifeline.Radiation shieldingThe invisible enemy no one can see, only count down in millisieverts.Mars regolithToxic red dust that is both the enemy and the only thing keeping a man alive.Potato cultivationFour crops, one man, and a whole planet that wants him dead.CNSAWhen one nation's astronaut is left for dead, every nation's science becomes his lifeline.
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