World & Setting
22 entries in the The Martian compendium.
MarsThe red planet that tests human will.Acidalia PlanitiaThe blood-red plain where one man grew potatoes and willpower.Schiaparelli CraterWhere the fourth crewed mission to Mars was set to land.Ares 3 HabA cramped tin can on an alien world—both a fragile lifeline and an inescapable prison for PathfinderMars' oldest signal, Watney's only thread home.SojournerSmall rover, giant leap for Mars exploration.Ares 4 MAVOne lonely astronaut's ticket off Mars—if he can get there.HermesThe lifeline between Earth and Mars.HoustonWhere Earth fights to bring one man home.EarthThe blue marble that refused to let one of its own become a dust stain.China National Space AdministrationChina's space agency, key to Watney's rescue.Elon Musk's TeslaA red roadster on the red planet.Rich Purnell's OfficeOne whiteboard, one scribbled maneuver, one Martian breathing again.The Great Dust StormThe storm that stranded a man on Mars.PasadenaThe sunlit suburb a stranded astronaut keeps in his head while the red dust closes in.European Space AgencyFour flags, one ship, one very bad storm—ESA's crew made Mars feel like a team sport.Ares IIIFour land, one is left behind, and the whole world watches the math.BeijingThe quiet command center where a nation's ambition meets another planet's rescue.Jet Propulsion LaboratoryFour light-minutes away, one man's life is a spreadsheet problem they refuse to close.The HabitatA tin box on a dead world, holding one man's stubborn refusal to die.The RoverA boxy metal shell on six wheels, carrying one man across an entire planet.NoordwijkEuropean systems-testing on the Dutch coast, keeping the Mars mission on schedule.
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