During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
Back in the 60's, when the Cold war hit its highest, two superpowers, USA and USSR, were racing against each other over space exploration. Who is going to be the firt to send a human into open space? Two Russian cosmonauts were bold or crazy enough to sign up for the impossible mission...
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.