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Life (2017)

Mars → Earth orbit → Earth

Set in the near future; no dates are given. 582.8 million km in all on the map.

MarsEarth12Distances to 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.
  1. 1

    Mars Mars · date unknown

    The Pilgrim 7 probe scoops up the soil sample holding a dormant cell, later named Calvin.

    Pilgrim 7 probe · 582.8 million km

  2. 2

    International Space Station Earth, orbit · date unknown

    The crew catches the battered probe; Calvin grows, breaks loose and kills most of the crew.

    Escape pod

  3. 3

    Escape pod lands at sea Earth · date unknown

    David's pod, with Calvin, comes down in the ocean and Vietnamese fishermen open it; Miranda's pod drifts off into deep space.