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Ad Astra (2019)

Earth → Moon → Mars → Neptune orbit → Earth

Set in the “near future” with no year given; the film states only that the Mars-to-Neptune run takes 79 days. 10,075.5 million km in all on the map.

EarthMarsNeptuneEarth3567Distances from the Sun on a log scale.Dates unknown: the ship takes the most efficient orbit for the trip; the planets are where it meets them.Which way the map is turned is arbitrary.
MoonEarth12To scale, seen from above.Date unknown: the Moon's place on its orbit is arbitrary; the ship takes the most efficient orbit.
  1. 1

    Leaving Earth Earth · date unknown

    After a power surge from Neptune wrecks the International Space Antenna, Roy McBride takes a commercial flight to the Moon.

    Commercial lunar flight · 418,979 km

  2. 2

    Lunar base Moon · date unknown

    A commercialised Moon; Roy and his escort set off by rover across the lawless zone.

    Lunar rover convoy

  3. 3

    Far-side launch site Moon · date unknown

    Pirates attack the rover convoy on the way; Roy reaches the far side and boards the Cepheus for Mars.

    Cepheus

  4. 4

    Norwegian research station in space · date unknown

    The Cepheus answers a distress call; escaped test baboons kill the captain.

    Cepheus

  5. 5

    Underground SpaceCom base, Mars Mars · date unknown

    Roy records messages to his father and learns the truth about the Lima Project from Helen Lantos.

    Cepheus · 4,262 million km · 3 months

  6. 6

    Lima Project station, Neptune Neptune, orbit · date unknown

    Roy stows away on the Cepheus, finds his father alive on the station and sets a nuclear bomb.

    Cepheus · 5,222.9 million km

  7. 7

    Back on Earth Earth · date unknown

    Pushed home by the blast, Roy returns alone and goes through his psych evaluation.