However, one crew member, Mark Watney (Matt Damon) gets hit by debris and is left behind, presumed dead ... In "The Martian," this is not factored in at all, as all the astronauts seem to be ...

It was a gut punch. The New York Times declared Mars a dead planet. “The fanciful Martian megafauna,” John Updike wrote many years later for this magazine, “were swept into oblivion.” ...

Moreover, a return mission could last as long as three years, during which time astronauts would spend at least a year living and working in Martian gravity (36.5% that of Earth). There's also the ...

Thought dead ... anticipated fall film “The Martian,” and it looks great. Based on the best-selling book from Andy Weir of the same name, the story follows astronaut Mark Watney (Damon ...

That was the… Read More Robotic telepresence could save future Mars explorers from the perils that faced fictional astronaut Mark Watney in “The Martian” — and serve as the most efficient ...

Spoiler Warning: This video mentions details from the film & novel! In "The Martian", Matt Damon plays astronaut and botanist Mark Watney, who is abandoned on Mars and has to figure scientific ...

There's a moment toward the latter half of "The Martian" where Matt Damon faces ... His character, astronaut Mark Watney, has spent over 400 days alone on Mars on a rationed diet desperate to ...