01 / THE LANDSCAPE
Silence, all the way to the horizon.
Mars is the largest character in the story: beautiful, indifferent and always beyond the window.
ARES III SURFACE CHRONICLE · ACIDALIA PLANITIA
One astronaut.
An entire planet.
Follow the mission from the first landing to the final ascent—one Martian day at a time.
MISSION RANGE561 sols
JOURNEY TO ARES IV3,200 km
EARTH DELAY12 min one-way
01
SURVIVAL CHRONICLE
Move through the sols.
Drag the mission clock. The nearest recorded milestone opens automatically.
CURRENT MISSION DAYSOL 100 YEARS · 00 MONTHS · 01 DAY
1100200300400500561
MISSION PRELUDEARES III
SOL 1CREWED SURFACE OPS
HAB STATUSNOMINAL
FOOD OUTLOOKMISSION STOCK
COMMSHERMES LINK
DISTANCE TRAVELLED0 KM
02Trace every turn
THE LONG WAY OUT
Trace every turn
across Mars.
A schematic mission map. Select a waypoint to inspect the route, then use “follow route” to advance through the journey.
ACIDALIA PLANITIASCHIAPARELLI
03Three places that
SURFACE FIELD GUIDE
Three places that
kept him alive.
Original visual studies of the landscape, long-range rover and surface habitat.
02 / THE ROVER
A home that moves.
Cabin, power system and lifeline. For the final crossing, every spare kilogram has a purpose.
03 / THE HABITAT
One thin wall from Mars.
Laboratory, greenhouse, shelter and workshop—the Hab turns survival into a daily engineering problem.
04
HAB SYSTEMS
Keep the machine alive.
Select a system to inspect how the outpost supports one stranded crew member.
PRESSURISED VOLUMEEXTERNAL SYSTEMSSELECT A NODE
SYSTEM 01
Life support
MISSION CRITICAL