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Mars

Mars

20167.02 Seasons12 EpisodesEnded

Overview

The maiden crew of the Daedalus spacecraft must push itself to the brink of human capability in order to successfully establish the first sustainable colony on Mars. Set both in the future and in the present day, this series blends scripted elements set in the future with documentary vérité interviews with today’s best and brightest minds in modern science and innovation, illuminating how research and development is creating the space technology that will enable our first attempt at a mission to Mars.

NetworksNational Geographic

Top Cast

Jihae

Jihae

Hana Seung / Joon Seung

Alberto Ammann

Alberto Ammann

Javier Delgado

Clémentine Poidatz

Clémentine Poidatz

Amelie Durand

Anamaria Marinca

Anamaria Marinca

Marta Kamen

Sammi Rotibi

Sammi Rotibi

Robert Foucault

Nicholas Wittman

Nicholas Wittman

Oliver Lee

Cosima Shaw

Cosima Shaw

Leslie Richardson

Kata Sarbó

Kata Sarbó

Ava Macon

Roxy Sternberg

Roxy Sternberg

Jen Carson

Esai Morales

Esai Morales

Mike Glenn / Lt. Michael Glenn

Themes & Keywords

planet marsspacecraftspace colonywildernessspacelonelinessastronautvoyageseparation from family

About Mars

Mars is a sci-fi & fantasy, action & adventure series that first aired in 2016 exploring themes of planet mars, spacecraft, space colony, wilderness, space, loneliness. it stars Jihae, Alberto Ammann, Clémentine Poidatz. The maiden crew of the Daedalus spacecraft must push itself to the brink of human capability in order to successfully establish the first sustainable colony on Mars. Set both in the future and in the present day, this series blends scripted elements set in the future with documentary vérité interviews with today’s best and brightest minds in modern science and innovation, illuminating how research and development is creating the space technology that will enable our first attempt at a mission to Mars.

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