Alex Vogel
The Ares 3 astrochemist who helped bring Mark Watney home.
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Alex Vogel is the Ares 3 astrochemist. He is one of the five crewmates of Mark Watney on the Ares 3 mission to Mars. After Watney is presumed dead and left behind during an evacuation, Vogel continues on with the rest of the crew aboard the Hermes spacecraft on their return journey to Earth. Later, when the crew learns Watney is alive, Vogel and his crewmates approve the 'Rich Purnell Maneuver' — a slingshot trajectory around Earth for a gravity assist that would get Hermes back to Mars on a much-extended mission to save Watney. Once they begin the maneuver, having disabled the remote overrides, NASA has no choice but to support them.
Quick Facts
- Role
- Ares 3 astrochemist
- Affiliation
- NASA; Ares 3
Lore & Background
Alex Vogel is the Ares 3 astrochemist, a specialist in the chemistry of space environments. He is part of the five-person crew of the Hermes spacecraft that, after learning of Watney's survival, decides to risk the extended mission to rescue him. He is one of the crew members who, along with Commander Melissa Lewis, pilot Rick Martinez, computer specialist Beth Johanssen, and flight surgeon Dr. Chris Beck, approves the plan to return to Mars.
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