2012: NASA's Curiosity Rover lands on Mars to search for signs of whether microbial life existed on the planet. 2018: The first alien lifeform, a simple wormlike creature is discovered, gripping the world's imagination. 2022: The first manned mission to Mars begins the longest and most dangerous journey ever undertaken by humankind. From hundreds of potential candidates, six astronauts from countries around the world are selected to crew the historic mission. Led by Commander Samantha Collins, they must travel across the gulf of interplanetary space, over 150 million miles from home and help. Their mission is to investigate alien life, but what they discover is far beyond what anyone ever imagined...