A book that I have enjoyed recently is The Martian by Andy Weir. The Martian starts with Mark Watney (Main Character) who is hit by a piece of a satellite antenna during a colossal sandstorm while trying to escape the Martian atmosphere. Watney’s captain tries to search for him but he is nowhere to be found and the crew presumes him dead. The next day he wakes up with part of the antenna lodged in his stomach. Over time NASA figures he is alive through satellite imaging. Mark eventually finds a way to contact NASA through an old Pathfinder probe. NASA then declares him alive but does not tell his crew so they can concentrate on the mission back to earth. NASA tells him to drive to another spaceship that was put there for the next Mars crew,
