Mark Watney: Uncovering The Red Planet

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A six-member crew of astronauts, under the leadership of Commander Melissa Lewis, decide to suddenly abort their assignment on Mars after they learn of an imminent storm. In the process of exiting the red planet, Mark Watney, one of the crew members, gets hit and disappears from his colleagues. An attempt to search for him by Commander Lewis proofs futile. The crew thinks Watney is dead and proceeds to leave Mars. As the head of the crew, Commander Lewis notifies Teddy Sanders, the NASA director, who makes a press release announcing the fatal passing of the spaceman.
Astonishingly, Watney survives the ghastly encounter in the orbit. Even though, he has been pierced by an antenna which broke tore off his bio-monitoring device, severing his

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