"The Martian" succeeds in doing so ... He suggests that the re-supply launcher should rendezvous with the original spacecraft, The Hermes (where Mark's crew are at that moment), which will ...

SCIENCE FICTION: The Hermes spacecraft is what ferries astronauts to and from Mars in "The Martian." The most efficient way to power such a giant vehicle over 280 million miles of space is with ...

Replace the arid desert surface of Mars with a deserted island and "The Martian" is essentially "Cast Away" in space, but with slightly less emotional trauma and no volleyball (unless Wilson is a ...

but its miniature-helicopter stowaway — called Ingenuity — will be the first spacecraft of its kind. The robots are set to land in an ancient Martian lakebed called Jezero Crater, where ...