Red Planet (2000)

Earth orbit → Mars orbit → Mars → Mars orbit → Earth orbit

Set in the 2050s; one detailed plot summary dates the arrival at Mars to 5 February 2057, unconfirmed. The trip home takes about six months. 1,016.7 million km in all on the map.

1. 1

   Mars-1 leaves Earth Earth, orbit · date unknown

   Bowman's crew is sent to find out why the oxygen from the algae on Mars is falling.

   Mars-1 · 590.2 million km

2. 2

   Mars orbit Mars, orbit · 2057

   A solar flare's gamma burst cripples Mars-1; Bowman stays aboard and the others go down.

   Lander

3. 3

   Landing site and HAB 1 ruins Mars · date unknown

   The lander comes down in the wrong place; Chantilas dies and the habitat is found destroyed.

   On foot

4. 4

   Mars Pathfinder, Ares Vallis Mars · date unknown

   The survivors find the old Pathfinder rover and later build a radio from it.

   On foot

5. 5

   Kosmos, the Russian probe Mars · date unknown

   About 100 km away; Gallagher powers it with AMEE's core and launches in the sample capsule.

   Kosmos sample capsule

6. 6

   Rendezvous with Mars-1 Mars, orbit · date unknown

   Bowman tethers out to catch Gallagher and revives him.

   Mars-1 · 426.5 million km · 6 months

7. 7

   Home to Earth Earth, orbit · date unknown

   Not shown: the end of the six-month trip home with the nematode sample.