MARS: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The year is 2033, and humanity's first crewed mission to Mars is about to become a reality. As a clock counts down the final 90 seconds to landing, an expert crew of astronauts endures the final harrowing moments before touching down on the red planet. Even with the best training and resources available, 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, the global miniseries event MARS blends feature film-caliber 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.

Series details

• Title: MARS
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 2016-10-23
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-12-16
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: National Geographic
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 17803
• IMDb ID: tt4939064
• TVDB ID: 316345

Cast and credited roles

• Sammi Rotibi — Robert Foucault
• Jihae — Hana Seung
• Clementine Poidatz — Amelie Durand
• Alberto Ammann — Javier Delgado
• Anamaria Marinca — Marta Kamen
• Cosima Shaw — Leslie Richardson
• Jihae — Joon Seung
• Olivier Martinez — Ed Grann
• Roxy Sternberg — Jen Carson
• Gunnar Cauthery — Lt. Michael Glenn
• Evan Hall — Shep Marster
• Jeff Hephner — Kurt Hurrelle

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-10-23; final listed air date 2016-12-18; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2018-11-11; final listed air date 2018-12-16; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from MARS on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.