List of fictional astronauts (exploration of inner Solar System)

Lists of fictional astronauts
Early period Project Mercury Project Gemini
Project Apollo 1975–1989 1990–1999
2000–2009 2010–2029 Moon
Inner Solar System Outer Solar System Other
Far future

The following is a list of fictional astronauts exploring the inner Solar System.

Actor Paul Comi as Warren Marcusson in "People Are Alike All Over" (1959 episode of The Twilight Zone)
Name(s) Appeared in Program / Mission / Spacecraft Fictional date
Norman Paul "Dave" Davis, Maj. (Commander)
Bernhard "Bud" Gierr, Capt.
Orren "Doc" Lorimer, Dr. (Scientist)
Houston, Houston, Do You Read? (1976), novella NASA
Sunbird One
Near Future (before 2000)
Crew of first circumsolar mission travels forward to time when male humans no longer exist.[1][2]
Euclid Station:
Takumi
George
Lizzy (no last names given)
Unnamed personnel

Satellite tender:
Max (Pilot) (no last name given)
Travis "Trav" Hill, Ph.D.

High-orbit shuttle:
Six unnamed astronauts

Robin Braide (CAPCOM)

Starfire (test flight):
Robin Braide (Commander)
Leroy "Spin" Calder (Pilot)
Melinda Wooster (Navigation and communication [NAVCOM])
James Giles, Lt. Col. (USAF) (Mission Specialist)
Linwood "Doc" Deveraux, Dr. (Propulsion control [PROP])

Starfire (operational flight):
Robin Braide (Commander)
Spin Calder (Pilot)
Melinda Wooster (NAVCOM)
Travis Hill, Prof. (Ph.D.) (Mission Specialist)
Linwood Deveraux, Dr. (PROP)

Dick Crease (Alternate crew commander)
Starfire (1988), novel NASA:
Euclid Station (polar orbit space station)
Satellite tender (call sign "Twinkletoes")
High-orbit shuttle

Archimedes Station (equatorial orbit space station)

Starfire (fusion-powered spacecraft)
c. 2015 (September) – August 2023
Fusion-powered spacecraft Starfire flies operational mission to Apollo asteroid 2021 XA (a.k.a. Everest), which is falling into the Sun. Wooster and Hill are first humans on an asteroid.[3][4]
Skytown:
"Skeet" Kelso, Adm.
Avery
Unnamed personnel

Helios:
Steve Kelso, Capt. (Commander)
Borg, Capt. (Executive Officer)
Alex Noffe (UK) (Project Officer)
Harvard Clark Gordon, Lt.
McBride
Jensen Tracy "Bobby" Meeks, Lt. (Cryogenics and propulsion)
Ken Minami, Dr. (Japan)
Lamare
T.C. (France)
Seven other astronauts
Solar Crisis (1990), film United Command:
Skytown (space station)
U.S.S. Helios
Ra (probe)
Chicago (cargo ship)
2050
Mission to deflect solar flare from destroying all life on Earth. Noffe is a "biogenetically enhanced human".[5]
Icarus I:
Pinbacker (Captain)
Fischer
Nakazawa
Lin
Esteves
Chow
Boes
White (no first names given)

Icarus II:
Kaneda (Captain)
Harvey (Comms Officer/Second-in-command)
"Cassie" Cassidy (Pilot)
Mace (Engineer/Co-pilot)
Trey (Navigator)
"Cory" Corazon (Biologist/Life support)
Robert Capa (Physicist)
Searle, Dr. (Psych Officer)
Sunshine (2007), film Icarus Project:
Icarus I
Icarus II
2050

2057
Icarus I vanishes on mission to reignite dying Sun with nuclear device; seven years later, Icarus II crew attempt same mission.[6][7][8]
Anton Harkov
Ivan Vanko
Unnamed cosmonauts/scientists
Iron Man: Armored Adventures
"Iron Man vs. the Crimson Dynamo" (2009), TV
Project Pegasus:
Prometheus One (space station)
Escape shuttle
Contemporary
Russian cosmonaut Vanko is caught in solar flare while testing Crimson Dynamo armor on EVA from space station in solar orbit. Two years later, the Crimson Dynamo returns to Earth.

Mercury

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Name(s) Appeared in Program / Mission / Spacecraft Fictional date
First mission:
Pavlik (no first name given)

Second mission:
Hugh Kellard
Binetti (Communications Officer) (no first name given)
Morse (no first name given)

Y-90:
Shay (Navigator) (no first name given)
Two unnamed crewmen
John Halfrich
Hugh Kellard
Morgenson (Biophysicist) (no first name given)
"Sunfire!" (1962), short story Survey:
Y-90 (experimental cruiser)
Future (Autumn)
On second crewed mission to "Sunside" of Mercury, Kellard encounters intelligent photon-based lifeforms. Kellard was on the first mission to Ganymede.[9]
Willard "Will" Rowson (Captain)
Camille Burkett, Ph.D. (Mineralogist)
Eileen Harmon, Dr. (Stratigrapher)
Joe Mardikian, Dr. (Geophysicist)
Tom Marini, Dr. (Biologist)
Milt Schlossberg, Dr. (Astronomer)
Luigi Aiello
Babineau (Medic) (no first name given)
Ren Hargedon
Mary Spurr (Spacesuit technician)
Eric Trackman (Nuclear engineer)
Arnie Zaino (Communications specialist)
"Hot Planet" (1963), short story Albireo Future
Crew investigating Mercury's development of a temporary atmosphere.[10][11]
Clifford Greenberg, Col. 2061: Odyssey Three (1987), novel Unknown 2030s
First man on Mercury, who landed at the south pole, joins the complement of the luxury spaceliner Universe thirty years later for the first landing on Halley's Comet.[12]
Marshall Donnington (Commander)
Lee Tahori (Pilot)
Victoria Preston
Collision Earth (2011), TV movie Space Shuttle
USS Nautilus
Near Future (Autumn)
Astronauts preparing to orbit Mercury when solar event sets planet on collision course with Earth.
John Russell, Capt. Give Me Space (2016), short film Unknown Future
Astronaut stranded on inhabited Mercury by lack of fuel.

Venus

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Name(s) Appeared in Program / Mission / Spacecraft Fictional date
Harringway Hawling, Prof. (Commander/Physicist) (US)
Raimund Brinkman/Robert Brinkman (Pilot) (Germany) (American in US version)
Durand, Prof. (Chief Engineer) (USSR) (French in US version)
Lao Tsu/Tchen Yu, Dr. (Linguist/Biologist) (China)
Sumiko Omigura, M.D. (Physician) (Japan)
Orloff, Prof. (Engineer/Nuclear Physicist) (Poland)
Sikarna, Prof. (Mathematician) (India)
Talua (Communications)
Der Schweigende Stern (a.k.a. First Spaceship on Venus, The Silent Star, The Astronauts, Planet of the Dead, Spaceship Venus Does Not Reply) (1960), film World Federation for Space Research:
Luna 3 (Moonbase)
Kosmokrator I (Cosmostrator I in US version)
1970 (1985 in US version)
First mission to Venus discovers remnants of extinct civilization. Some names and nationalities different in original German version; in US version, Brinkman was first American on Moon.[13][14][15][16]
Jerry Garfield (Engineer-Navigator)
Graham "Hutch" Hutchins, Dr (Biologist)
George "Cole" Coleman (Scientist)
"Before Eden" (1961), short story Morning Star Future (before 2010)
Discoverers of life near the south pole of Venus.[17]
Barbara Clinton (Captain) (USCG Aux)
Dana Perry (Navigator/Medical Technician)
Joanna Sue Toliver (Engineer)
Sea Hunt
The Aquanettes (1961), TV
Operation Astronette Contemporary
Female astronauts training for mission to Venus.
Soviet Space Force:
Sonya Mikhailovna, Maj. (Dr.)

U.S. Space Force:
Gordon Andrews, Capt.

Three-person spacecraft:
Unnamed pilot (UK)
Unnamed obstetrician (USSR)
Unnamed nurse (US)
"Boy Meets Dyevitza" (1962), short story Soviet Space Force

United States Space Force

United Kingdom / Soviet Union / United States:
Three-person spacecraft
c. 1960s/1970s
Experienced orbital pilot Andrews discovers that Mikhailovna has landed on Venus before him. Dymov, a Soviet cosmonaut, is mentioned as having been the first man on the Moon.[18]
Vega:
Allan Kern/Alfred Kerns, Capt.
Scherba/Allan Sherman/Howard Sherman
Masha/Marsha Evans[a]

Sirius:
Ilya Vasilyevich Vershinin/Brandon Lockhart/William Lockhart, Cmdr.
Alyosha/André Ferneau
Roman Bobrov/Hans Walters
Planeta Bur (a.k.a. Planet of Storms, Storm Planet, Cosmonauts on Venus) (1962), film

Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965), film

Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (aka The Gill Women of Venus) (1967), film
Soviet Union:
Sirius
Vega
Capella (ships unnamed in Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women)[b]

United States:
Space Station Texas (Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women only)
Near Future (Planeta Bur)

2020 (Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet)

1998–2000 (Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women)
Three-spacecraft expedition to Venus loses spacecraft Capella to meteor; other two crews discover reptilian creatures and evidence of intelligent life. Film was twice re-edited for American release with character names changed.[19][20][21][22][23][24]
Jefferson "Jeff" Barton, Brig. Gen. The Outer Limits
Cold Hands, Warm Heart (1964), TV
Project Vulcan Near Future
Astronaut (played by William Shatner) afflicted by a mysterious disease after a mission to Venus.[25][26]
Howie "Shorty" (no last name given)
Eric "Doc" Donovan (last name uncertain)
"Becalmed in Hell" (1965), short story NASA:
Venus ship
c. 1980s?
NASA astronauts in danger on mission to Venus. Eric, survivor of spacecraft crash on Moon, is an isolated central nervous system plugged into controls of Venus ship.[27][28]
Arcturus III:
Two unnamed astronauts

Arcturus IV:
Unnamed astronaut
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
The Silent Saboteurs (1965), TV
United States:
Arcturus III
Arcturus IV
1976
When foreign power uses force field to destroy Arcturus III on re-entry, Seaview personnel must save Arcturus IV from same fate.[29]
Arthur "Artie"
Cory
(last names not given)
"I Am the Doorway" (1971), short story Project Zeus Near Future (after 1979)
Presumed NASA crew on flight to Venus similar to cancelled Manned Venus Flyby. Arthur infected with alien organism, possibly during Cory's EVA; left paraplegic when parachutes malfunction. Cory dies in landing. Other astronauts mentioned: Markhan and Jacks made first Mars landing in 1979; Pedersen and Lederer lost in solar orbit on Apollo mission; John Davis killed by meteoroid strike on orbital observatory.[30][31]
Kennedy II:
X
Y
Z (Commander) (names not given)

Venus mission:
Joseph Jackson/Jack Josephson, Capt. (Commander)
Harry M. Evans, Col. (USAF) (Co-Pilot)
Beyond Apollo (1972), novel Kennedy II (Mars spacecraft)

Unknown (Venus spacecraft)
May 1976

1981
After disastrous crewed Mars mission in 1976, two-man Venus mission ends in madness and death.[32][33]
Isvestia-2:
Igor Nikanov

United States:
Williams, Maj. (Co-Pilot/Systems Engineer)
Brown, Dr. (Flight Surgeon)
Sharp, Lt. (Instrument Tech/Assistant Navigator)

Project Astra:
Don Price, Col. (Flight Commander)
Georgianna "Georgie" Bronski, Maj. (Soviet Union) (Co-Pilot/Survival Specialist)
Danny, Lt. (Communications)
Kurt Mason, Capt. (Navigator)
Christopher "Doc" Perry, Dr.
Marion Turner, Dr. (Flight Surgeon/Microbiologist)
Katie Carlson, Lt. (Computer Instrument Tech/Meteorologist)
Doomsday Machine (a.k.a. Escape from Planet Earth) (1972), film Soviet Union:
Isvestia-2 [sp.?]

United States:
Project Astra[c]
1975
Project Astra astronauts on two-year mission to Venus. Williams, Brown and Sharp are replaced on Astra crew at last minute. Bronski was the first woman on the Moon. Isvestia-2 strongly resembles an Apollo CSM.[34]
Cloudlab:
Ed Townsend (Project Director)
Deborah Townsend (Communications specialist)
Chang Wu (Computer Center staff)
Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. (Algae Ecology biologists) (no first names given)
c. 50 unnamed personnel

Hoverjet:
David White (Pilot)
Chris Wagner (Technician)
"Cloudlab" (1975), short story Cloudlab (space station)
Hoverjets
Future
While on algae-seeding mission from station in Venusian atmosphere, White and Wagner become first humans on Venus when they crash-land on Sagan Mountain.[35]
Goodie, Dr. 1st Issue Special #10 (January 1976), comic book NASA:
Alpha Zero
Contemporary
Surgeon injured on mission to Venus is turned into cyborg by aliens and becomes leader of a superhero group.[36][37]
USAS Outpost:
Miles Davidow, Capt.
Daniel Braithwaite, Maj.
Hughes, Dr. (no first name given)

Highlander:
Harry (no last name given)
Unnamed pilot

Delta One:
Kate Girard, Cmdr.
Scott Perkins, Dr. (Physician)
Unnamed engineer
The Outer Limits
The Joining (1998), TV
USAS
Aphrodite Project:
USAS Outpost
Highlander (resupply ship)
Delta One
November 2011 – June 2012
Davidow is sole survivor of disaster on Venus. USAS Outpost is located in Aphrodite Highlands.
Antares:
Ted Shaw (Mission Commander)
Nadia Schilling (Germany) (Pilot/Second-in-command)
Maddux Donner (Engineer/Venus lander pilot)
Zoe Barnes (Geologist/Venus lander co-pilot)
Jen Weston Crane (Canada) (Biologist)
Evram "Ev" Mintz, Dr. (Israel) (Physician/Psychiatrist)
Paula Morales (Payload Specialist)
Steven "Wass" Wassenfelder (Physicist)

Mike Goss, Dr. (Flight Director)
Rollie Crane, Cmdr. (CAPCOM)
Claire Dereux, Dr. (Canada) (Flight Surgeon)
Ajay Sharma (India) (Engineer)
Arnel Poe, Ph.D. (Engineer)
Defying Gravity (2009), TV International Space Organization (ISO):
Orion 2
Supply pod

Antares
Crossbow (Venus lander)
Talos (Mars lander)
2047

2052 (September – November)
In 2047, ASCANs train for potential assignment to Antares mission. Five years later, Antares departs Earth on grand tour of Solar System, starting with Venus. Mission commander Rollie Crane and engineer Sharma are replaced at last minute by backups Shaw and Donner due to mysterious buildups of cardiac plaque. Crew launches from Earth on Orion 2 on September 27, 2052.
E-B command ship:
Ivar (Commander)
Sandrine (no last names given)

merleta:
Bruno Almeida (Scientist)
Vinicius Santos (Scientist)

HighPoint space station:
Tania Stern
Tom Weatherell
Mason Cline
"Windshear" (2015), short story Euro-Brazilian (E-B) mission:
Command ship
merleta (lifting body/aerostat)
Recovery dart

HighPoint Industries:
Space station
Landis (aerostat)
Future
Brazilian astronaut Almeida is stranded aboard the damaged merleta after collision with a recovery dart.[38]
Unknown Russian spacecraft:
Sergei (no last name given)

NashaSlava1:
Klara
Vasily
Yuraj (no last names given)

JanHus1:
Jakub Procházka
Spaceman of Bohemia (2017), novel Russia:
Unknown spacecraft
NashaSlava1 (space shuttle)

Space Program of the Czech Republic (SPCR):
JanHus1 (space shuttle)
2018 (April – Winter)
Missions to investigate comet dust cloud between Earth and Venus; Russian missions are secret "phantom" missions. Klara's mother, Dasha Sergijovna, crewed a "phantom" suicide mission with another cosmonaut in 1962, trying to reach Mars.[39][40][41][42]
Venera:
Unnamed cosmonaut

Aphrodite-1:
McBride (Commander)
Artanian (Command Remote Module Pilot [CRMP]) (no first names given)
"The Utmost Bound" (2018), short story Soviet Union:
Venera

NASA:
Aphrodite-1
Future
Aeneas rover, nicknamed Little Buddy and controlled from Venusian orbit by NASA astronauts, discovers a secret crewed Soviet lander from 20th century in Lakshmi Planum. McBride is on his fifth spaceflight.[43]

"Counter-Earth"

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Name(s) Appeared in Program / Mission / Spacecraft Fictional date
EUROSEC:
Borgener
Mitchell (no first names given)

Phoenix:
Glenn D. Ross, Col. (NASA)
John Kane, Dr. (UK) (Astrophysicist)
Doppelgänger (aka Journey to the Far Side of the Sun) (1969), film European Space Exploration Complex (EUROSEC)

Operation Sun Probe:
Phoenix
SSTO lifting body (lander)

Dove (aka DOPPELGANGER) (SSTO lifting body)
2069
EUROSEC mission to a newly discovered unknown planet orbiting on exactly the opposite side of the Sun from Earth. Ross is a veteran of two Mars missions.[44][45][46][47]
Neil Stryker, Col. The Stranger (aka Stranded in Space) (1973), TV movie Pilgrim (3-man interplanetary craft) Contemporary
NASA astronaut who crash-lands on a duplicate of Earth ruled by a totalitarian regime.[48]

Mars

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Name(s) Appeared in Program / Mission / Spacecraft Fictional date
Warren "Marc" Marcusson
Samuel A. Conrad (Biologist)
"Brothers Beyond the Void" (1952), short story

The Twilight Zone
"People Are Alike All Over" (1960), TV
Unknown Near Future
Travellers to Mars; Marcusson dies after landing, Conrad is imprisoned by Martians. (In short story Marcusson travels to Mars alone, and his first name is Charles.)[49][50][51][52]
Mars 1:
Edward McCauley, Col. (Commander)
Jim Nichols, Capt.[d]
Ralph Devers, Maj.

Mars 2:
Edward McCauley, Col. (Commander)
Vic Devery, Maj.
James Nichols, Capt.[e]
Morrow, Dr. (Scientist)

Russia:
Tolchek, Col. (Commander)
Gulyt, Maj.
Men into Space (a.k.a. Space Challenge)
Mission To Mars, Flight To the Red Planet (1960), TV
United States Air Force:
Mars 1
Mars 2

Russia:
Unnamed spacecraft
c. 1970 – 1980
Initial efforts to reach Mars. Mars 1 aborts flight to rescue Russian crew; Mars 2 lands on Phobos.[53][54]
Harold Barth, Lt Col. (Commander)
Robert L. Greene, Maj. (Doctor)
Saul Moulton, 1st Lt.
Edward Krozney, Capt.
James Wallach, Capt.
Luthern J. White, Capt.
"Whatever Gods There Be" (1961), short story Groundbreaker II Future (Late 20th or early 21st century)
Crew of an early Mars mission who find themselves faced with an agonizing choice after a landing accident forces them to dump weight or be unable to leave the planet.[55]
Lunar Seven:
Dr. Farraday (head of Space Institute) (no first name given)
Bradley (no first name given)
Unnamed personnel

Freight rockets:
Unnamed personnel

Oceano:
Anders Brockman, Cmdr. (Captain)
Tanya Krilova/Laura James (United States)
Paul Grant

Meteor:
Tony Barrata (Pilot)
Andrei Sayenko/Allan Brenner (Co-pilot)
Mechte Navstrechu (a.k.a. A Dream Come True, Encounter in Space, Toward Meeting a Dream) (1963), film

Queen of Blood (a.k.a. Planet of Blood) (1966), film
International Institute of Space Technology (a.k.a. Space Institute):

Moonbase (Lunar Seven)
Freight rockets

Command Ship Oceano

Meteor
Rescue ship

Oceano II
1990 (Queen of Blood)
Soviet film reconfigured for American release with names changed, new cast and altered ending. Mars missions to rescue stranded aliens; Oceano lands on Mars, Meteor on Phobos. First successful Moon landing took place around 1970.[56][57][58][59]
George Lincoln
John F. Adams
Dwight D. Roosevelt
Thomas Alva Wright
"Harry Protagonist, Brain-Drainer" (1964), short short story NASA:
Project Long Leap
Near Future
Disaster ensues when the minds of millions of Americans are linked to those of the crew of the first Mars mission.[60]
M-1:
Fred Thomas, Capt. (Commander)
James Bowman, Lt.

M-2:
Charles "Lucky"[f] Merritt, Maj. (Commander)
Jack Buckley, Capt.
Paul Lazzari, Capt.
Frank Johnson, Lt.
The Outer Limits
The Invisible Enemy (1964), TV
Interplanetary Vehicle M-1 (Colonization Probe)

M-2
2021

May 8, 2024
Investigating the deaths of the two-man crew of the M-1 mission, the M-2 crew discovers carnivorous creatures living under the Martian sands.[61][62]
Dan "Mac" McReady, Col. (Commander)
Christopher "Kit" Draper, Cmdr. (USN) (Co-Pilot)
Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964), film Mars Gravity Probe-1 (Elinor M) Future
NASA astronauts visiting Mars; one dies, the other is stranded.[63][64][65]
Second Martian Expedition:
James Thornton Brown
Alec Dupres Fornier
Edwin E. Challenger (USAF)
Unnamed crewmembers

Jove 7:
Sven Bjornsen
Sam "Ark" Arkwright
"Chan" Chandra

Mars-12-X:
Harley Jacobs
Lewis Nostrand
Tatsu Nakomura, Dr. (passenger)
Fabian Smith, Dr. (passenger)
Tin Lizzie (1964), novelette Second Martian Expedition:
Two Mark I space taxis (built by Ford Motor Company Aerospace Division)

Jove 7 (tugship)

American Museum of Natural History expedition:
Mars-12-X
Future
Second Martian Expedition abandoned space taxis on Phobos after they mysteriously began leaking. Approximately 80 years later, Challenger, now a retired brigadier general, advises Jove 7 crew as they use the space taxis to rescue the crew of Mars-12-X, which has also begun leaking after landing in the Xanthus Desert.[66]
Tigran Biryuzov
Five unnamed cosmonauts
The Wanderer (1964), novel First Soviet People's Expedition (three ships) Near Future
Cosmonauts orbiting Mars when artificial planet emerges from hyperspace into Earth orbit.[67]
Walt Dangerfield
Lydia Dangerfield
Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb (1965), novel Dutchman IV c. 1980s
Mars-bound astronauts trapped in Earth orbit by the outbreak of World War III.[68]
Jack Westermark, Capt.
Eight unnamed crewmembers
"Man In His Time" (1965), short story Unknown (UK?) Near Future (August)
Westermark, sole survivor of first human Mars mission, finds himself living 3.3077 minutes ahead of Earth time.[69][70]
Alec Barham, Col. The Outer Limits
The Brain of Colonel Barham (1965), TV
Unknown Near Future
Astronaut dying of leukemia volunteers for project to install his brain in Mars probe.[71]
Steve
Doc
Charlie
Dorothy
The Wizard of Mars (a.k.a. Horrors of the Red Planet) (1965), film Mars Probe One January 1, 1975
Astronauts on Mars orbital mission who crash-land and discover Martian city at end of yellow road.[72][73][74][75]
Kane, Col. (Commander)
Beard
"Doc" Harlow, Maj.
Nazarro (Radioman) (no first names given)
The Time Tunnel
One Way To The Moon (1966), TV
Mars Excursion Module (M.E.M.) 4 1978
American astronauts on first human Mars flight make emergency landing on Moon in Mare Nectaris.[76][77]
American (unnamed)
Russian (unnamed)
Chinese (unnamed)
I tre cosmonauti (a.k.a. The Three Astronauts) (1966), picture book Unknown Future
Three astronauts who land simultaneously on Mars.[78]
Swenson, Col. (Command Pilot)
Witthoft
Reilly, Dr.
(First names not given)
"Pioneer Trip" (1967), short story Unknown c. 1976
Crew of the first crewed US mission to Mars, faced with a critical medical emergency five weeks out from Earth.[79]
Friedman, Capt.
Gulliver, Lt.
Haertel (MS)
Unnamed astronauts
Welcome to Mars (1967), novel Project Ares:
Von Braun
Two unnamed sister ships
c. 1980s
After two teenagers get stranded on Mars testing a home made anti-gravity device, NASA is forced to mount a rescue mission using more conventional means.[80]
Shioda, Dr.

Mars mission:
Sano (Captain)
Lisa (Biologist) (US)
Miyamoto (Communications Officer)
Stein, Dr. (Physician)

Rescue rocket:
Michiko Taki, Capt.
The X from Outer Space (1967), film Japan:
AAB Gamma
Lunar Base
Rescue rocket
Future
Seventh attempted Mars mission after previous missions disappeared. Shioda is replaced by Stein due to illness.[81][82][83]
Mike Blaiswick, Col. (Pilot)
Duncan
Nick Grant (Geologist)

Soviet Union:
Three unnamed cosmonauts
Mission Mars (a.k.a. Murder in the Third Dimension) (1968), film Unknown Future
American astronauts encounter deadly sphere on Mars.[84][85][86][87]
Mars Probe 6:
Carrington, Maj.
Jim Daniels

Mars Probe 7:
Joe Lefee
Frank Michaels

Recovery 7:
Charles Van Lyden
Doctor Who
The Ambassadors of Death (1970), TV (1987 novel)
Mars Probe Project (UK):
Mars Probe 6
Mars Probe 7
Recovery 7
Contemporary/Near Future
Daniels was killed on Mars by non-Martian aliens during Mars Probe 6 mission, driving Carrington insane. Van Lyden attempts recovery of Lefee and Michaels.[88]
Adrian Fairley (UK)
Four unnamed astronauts

Two unnamed astronauts (US)
Doctor Who
"Soldiers from Zolta" (1970), short story
Two international spacecraft:
Orbiter
Mars Bug
Contemporary/Near Future
Fairley, sole survivor of crash landing of Mars Bug, makes contact with aliens on Mars.[89]
George Cosby, Dr
Ralph Norton, Maj
William O'Brien
Mack Sheldon
Irwin Trott
Allan Watts, Dr
Briggs
Compton
Glennon
Gray
Jenkins
Lawrenson
McKinley
Morphy
Radcliffe
Thompson
Vaux
Wellgarth
Williams
The Earth is Near (1970 (German), 1973 (English)), novel Project Alpha Near Future
Crew of the first human expedition to Mars.[90]
NASA:
Henry C. "Hank" Barstow, Col. (Chief of Astronaut Office)
Bertrand L. "Bert" Richmond, Col. (Director of Flight Crew Operations)
Tom Andretti
Bill Desey
Rick Johnson
Dave McWharter
Dick Ohlman
Allan Samson
Bill Wheatley

Planetary Fleet One:
Conrad H.[g] "Connie" Trasker, Jr., Col. (USAF) (Mission Commander/MLV Commander)
Alvin S. "Jazz"[h] Weickert III, Cmdr. (USN) (CSV Commander)
J. V. "Jayvee" Halleck, Dr. (MSV Commander)
Petros S. "Pete" Balkis, M.D. (MSV Co-Commander)

Stuart Yule, Lt. Col. (CAPCOM)
Roger Webb, Col. (USAF) (Backup CSV Commander)

Planetary Fleet Two:
Conrad H. Trasker, Jr. (Mission Commander/MLV Commander)
Hugo S. "Gaudy" Gaudet, Cmdr. (USN) (CSV Commander)
Emerson "Em" Wacker, Dr. (MSV Commander)
Robert Curtis, Dr. (MSV Co-Commander)

Soyuz 19:
Two unnamed cosmonauts
The Throne of Saturn (1971), novel NASA
Space Station Mayflower
Project Argosy:

Planetary Fleet One ("Piffy One"):
Mars Landing Vehicle (MLV) (Santa Maria)
Command-Service Vehicle (CSV) (Nina [sic])
Medico-Scientific Vehicle (MSV) (Pinta)
Mars Landing Module (MLM) (Adventurer)

Planetary Fleet Two ("Piffy Two"):
MLV (Santa Maria)
CSV (Nina)
MSV (Pinta II)
MLM (Adventurer)

Soviet Union:
Space Station Stalin
Soyuz 19 ("Man in the Moon")
Late 1970s (April – January)
First planned Mars mission encounters Soviet interference during test phase at Tranquillity Base on Moon. Trasker is a Gemini and Apollo veteran; Weickert flew a Gemini mission with Trasker. MLV, CSV and MSV are modified Apollo CSMs with NERVA engines, launched by three Saturn Vs.[91][92][93][94]
Olympus:
Richmond (Commander)
Nine unnamed astronauts

Pegasus:
Evans
Brennan
Sam (no last name given)
Two unnamed astronauts
"Transit of Earth" (1971), short story Space Administration (NASA?):
Olympus, Pegasus
May 1984
Crew of lander Pegasus stranded on Mars prior to a transit of Earth across the Sun.[95]
John Phillips

Mars mission:
Brice Randolph, Col.
Higgins
The Astronaut (1972), TV movie Unknown Near Future
NASA delays disclosure of death of astronaut on a mission to Mars; another man is surgically altered to deceive the wife and the public.[96]
Walter "Bud" Richardson, Col. (Command Pilot)
John Oxenshuer, Capt.
Dave Vogel, Maj.
The Feast of St. Dionysus (1972), novella NASA c. 1990
After Richardson and Vogel die in sandstorm on first human Mars mission, Oxenshuer seeks spiritual enlightenment in California desert. Mars landing in Solis Lacus.[97]
Phoenix One:
Tadell "Tad" Hansard (US) (Expedition Commander)
Anoshi Wantanabe (Japan)
Bapti Lal Bose (India)

Phoenix Two:
Feodore Aleksandrovitch Asturnov (Russia)
Dirk Welles (UK)
Bern Callieux (Pan-European Community of Nations)

Space Shuttles:
Unnamed US astronauts
The Far Call (1973), serial; (1978), novel Phoenix Program:
Phoenix One
Phoenix Two
1983
International crew of the first human mission to Mars.[98][99][100][101][102]
Unnamed astronaut
Ben Johnson
"The Mars Stone" (1973), short short story Zeus 7:
MEM
Near Future
First astronauts on Mars make astonishing discovery.[103]
Jules Fishman, Capt.
Unnamed woman
"Ups and Downs" (1973), short story United States:
Mars Project
1993
Astronaut on first Mars mission finds mysterious woman in his spacecraft.[104]
Albert Michaelson Thorsen, Prof. Marsman meets the Almighty (1975), novelette Unknown
Ares
Near Future (Viking landings are referred to in the past tense.)
NASA Exobiologist selected as crew for the first American human mission to Mars after a remarkable discovery by the first Mars rover in Solis Lacus.[105]
Two unnamed astronauts Battle of the Planets
Rescue of the Astronauts (1978), TV
Unknown (Apollo-like) Future
Astronauts who conducted electronic survey of Mars are captured after splashdown by agents of Zoltar.[i]
Charles Brubaker, Col. (Command Pilot)
Peter Willis, Lt. Cmdr.
John Walker, Cmdr.
Capricorn One (1978), film/novel Capricorn One (Apollo-like) Contemporary/Near Future (January 4 – September)
Astronauts secretly removed from a NASA mission to Mars – aboard a faulty ship – that goes terribly wrong.[106][107][108][109]
Prometheus One:
Steve West
Mike (Last name not given)
McManus (First name not given)

Prometheus Two:
Three unnamed astronauts
The Incredible Melting Man (1978), novelization Prometheus Program:
Prometheus One
Prometheus Two
Near Future
Crews of the first American human missions to Mars, attacked by an unknown force once they land.[j][110]
Galactic II:
Randolph Stuart, Capt.
Rigby Deems, Lt.
Frank Perlman, Lt.
Phoebe Swedlow, Cmdr.[k]
Sunstrike (1978), novel Operation Mars:
Galactic I
Galactic II
1988
Flight crew of the first crewed US mission to Mars, assigned to a desperate mission to prevent a madman from destroying humanity.[112]
Tom Easton (Commander)
Bill Frager
Michael McKendrick
Meteor (1979), film/novel Challenger-2 Near Future
Astronauts on a spacecraft traveling to Mars that happens to look exactly like Skylab.[113][114]
Hubbard, Cmdr. (UK)
Hamilton (US) (no first names given)
Contamination (aka Alien Contamination) (1980), film Unknown Near Future
Crew of international Mars mission lands at polar ice cap and discovers eggs in cave.[115]
Shiraz Mitradati
Petra Greenfield
Elke
Sergi
Shai-Lung
Taro
Leidu, Dr.
"Voices From The Dust" (1980), short story Unknown 2001
Astronauts exploring the Valles Marineris who discover something remarkable.[116]
NASA:
Ed Christophers
Rokby
Sylvester
Patterson
Dwyer
(First names not given for the last four US crew)

FKA:
Mikhail Aleksander
Vassili Karklin
Anatole Kuznetzov
Tchigorin
Ilyashenko
(First names not given for the last two Russian crew)

ESA:
Thomas Cavendish
Cesare Montuori
Kristian Niskanen
Axel Lorenz
The Olympus Gambit (1983), novel Eris (renamed Pallas Athene) Near Future
International crew of the first human mission to Mars.[117]
Neal Braddock, Capt. (US)
David Tremayne (US)
Andrei Kalsinov, Col. (USSR)
Olga Denerenko (USSR)
Kurt Steiner, Maj. (GER)
Phillipe Berdoux, Dr. (FRA)
Dominica Mastrelli (ITA)
Guy Sterling (Canada)
Pamela Cooper (UK)
Murder in Space (1985), TV movie/novel Unknown
Conestoga

Space Shuttle
Delta 216
Near Future
Astronauts and cosmonauts of the International Space Exploration Administration (ISEA) returning from Mars aboard a 'space lab' whose successful mission is suddenly rocked by a series of murders.[118][l]
Redenbaugh (Commander)
Thomas (Landing party commander)
Johnboy
Woody
"The Gods of Mars" (1986), short story Plowshare
Lander
Future
NASA astronauts on first human Mars mission encounter strange alteration of reality. Landing in Chryse Basin.[119][120]
Shuttlecraft SC37 (NASA Mars mission):
Porter, Maj. (Captain)
"Doc" (Scientist)
Unnamed personnel

Shuttlecraft SC37 (L-5 evacuation):
Roger Campbell (Computer expert/Acting captain)
Adrian Kimberly, Dr. (Science officer)
Cal (no last name given) (Security)
Billy Lynn, Lt. (Chief Engineer)
Sherrie Stevens (Nutritionist)

Shuttlecraft SC45:
Unnamed personnel

L-5:
William Hamilton, Col.
Mitchell, Lt.
Unnamed personnel
Star Crystal (1986), film Shuttlecraft SC37
Shuttlecraft SC45
L-5 space station
2032
Rock discovered near crater of Olympus Mons contains crystal computer and alien creature. Five L-5 crewmembers escape station's destruction aboard shuttlecraft.[121]
First International Mars Expedition:
Leon Odinga[m] (Nova Africa) (Chief Engineer)
Unnamed cosmonauts

Second International Mars Expedition:
Unnamed cosmonauts
Fire on the Mountain (1988), novel Pan African Space Administration (P.A.S.A.):

First International Mars Expedition

Second International Mars Expedition:
Lion
1954 (Alternate History)

October 1959 (Alternate History)
In alternate history in which John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 was successful, cosmonaut Leon is killed in EVA accident on Mars flyby mission. Five years later, Lion makes first human Mars landing.[122]
Nixon Orbital Park:
Leroy Johnson (National Park Service) (Station Chief)

Mary Poppins:
Natasha Alyosha Katerina Ivanovna Kirov (Captain)
Bass (no first name given) (Second Officer)
Sundiata Cinque Jeffries, M.D. (Third Officer/Chief Medical Officer)
Louis Glamour, ASC (Cinematographer)
Cary "FF" Fonda-Fox IV (Movie Star)
Beverly "BG" Glenn (Movie Star)
Greetings Brother Buffalo Gentry (Stowaway)
Voyage to the Red Planet (1990), novel Old Moulmein Pagoda (Columbia-class space shuttle)

National Park Service (owned by Disney-Gerber):
Nixon Orbital Park

Voyager Pictures:
Mary Poppins
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (lander)
c. 2020
First human Mars mission films motion picture. Landing near Candor Chasm in Valles Marineris canyon system. Bass and Johnson are former NASA astronauts.[123]
Martin Gold, Dr. (Geologist)
Mary Elizabeth Allen, Dr. (Physician)
Lawrence Thompson, Dr. (Physicist)

Young Astronauts:
Genshiro "Gen" Akamasu (Japan)
Sergei Mikhailovich Chuvakin (Russia)
Nathan Long (USA)
Karl Muller (Germany)
Lanie Rizzo (real name Lanie Johnson) (USA)
Noemi Tejas y Velasquez (Venezuela)
Alice Frances Thorne (New Zealand)
Oh Suk "Suki" Long (Japan)
Vikram Singh
Kovi Oldjai
Dale
David
Leon
The Young Astronauts (1990), novel Space Shuttle

United Nations To Mars Together program:
Nina
Pinta
Santa Maria
Future
Teenagers compete for opportunity to help colonize Mars.[124]
Viktor Shevchenko (Soviet Union)
Gregory Nunn (NASA)
Angel Eyes (1991), novel Odin-Galaktika II Contemporary/Near Future
Aborted first human flight to Mars. Odin-Galaktika II is launched by SL-17 Energiya with six strap-on boosters.[125]
Dean Irwin, Col. (USAF) (Commander)
Clifford Horner, Capt. (US Army)
John Merritt, Cmdr. (USN)
Valentina Tsarev, Col. (Russia) (Doctor)
Hiroshi Kawahito (Japan) (Computer specialist)
"The Message from Mars" (1992), short story Zeus IV November 2007 – April 29, 2008
The crew of the first human Mars mission mysteriously fail to leave their spacecraft after returning to Earth.[126][127]
Sismondi Napoleon, Cmdr
23 unnamed astronauts
Nomad 4: Desert Fire (1993), novel Unknown Early 21st Century[n]
Crew of the first human Mars mission, killed by oxygen starvation when substandard components in their spacecraft fail.[128]
Scott Keller (USA) (Commander)
Sakata (Japan)
Petrovich
Unnamed astronaut
seaQuest DSV
Better Than Martians (1994), TV
Space Command:
Wayfarer
2018
When the Wayfarer sinks upon splashdown, seaQuest mounts a rescue mission. Keller was first human on Mars. Astronauts took Martian core samples from Tharsis Bulge/Olympus Mons.
James (Commander)
Henry
Pierre
Don
Geoff (no last names given)
Unnamed astronaut
"Homecoming" (1995), short story NASA:
Mars 1
Near Future
When nuclear engine fails on approach to Mars, unnamed astronaut kills his crewmates in order to stay alive.[129]
Al Wells (Commander)
Ed Barkley
Pete Claridge, Dr.
The Outer Limits
The Voyage Home (1995), TV
American Space Agency (ASA):
Mars III
Contemporary/Near Future[o]
First human Mars mission is infiltrated by ancient alien species. Barkley was first man on Mars.
First Aerospace Squadron (NASA):
Bill Amundsen (Squadron commander)

Phobos One:
Walter Gander (USA) (Commander)
Dmitri Tomasovich (Russia) (No surname given)
Three unnamed astronauts (ESA, Japan, China)

Mars Five:
Walter Gander, Capt. (USA) (Commander)
Olga Trigorin (Russia) (Engineer/First Officer)
Jason Terence (USA) (Pilot/Second Officer)
Narihara "Nari" Nigawa, Ph.D. (Japan) (Mission Specialist)
Ilsa Bierlein (ESA) (Mission Specialist)
Vassily Chebutykin, Ph.D. (Russia) (Mission Specialist)
Dong Te-Hua (China) (Mission Specialist)
Paul Fleurant (France) (Mission Specialist)
Kireiko Masachi (Japan) (Mission Specialist)
Tsen Chou-zung, Dr. (China) (Mission Specialist)
Mark Bene (Yankee Clipper return pilot)

Dean (No surname given), CAPCOM

Mars Five Alpha:
Scotty Johnston (USA) (Pilot)
Robert Prang (USA) (Sedimentologist)
Eight unnamed astronauts (USA, Russia)

Korolev Base:
Yvana Borges (Base manager)
Das "Doc C." Chalashajerian, Dr.
Pete Johnson (USA) (Biophysicist)
Akira Yamada (Japan) (Meteorologist)
Jim Flynn (USA)
Encounter with Tiber (1996), novel Phobos One:
Mars-Earth Return Cycler (MERC) Aldrin
Lander (modified Apollo II)

Mars Five:
Yankee Clipper (SSTO)
MarsHab

Mars Five Alpha:
MERC Aldrin

Korolev Base
2018

2033
On Phobos One mission, Gander and Dmitri make first human landing on Phobos on December 25, 2018. In 2033, Mars Five and Mars Five Alpha travel to Mars to help excavate alien artifacts near established base in Crater Korolev.[130]
D-prime mission:
Adam Bleeker (CDR)
Ralph Gershon (Mars Excursion Module Pilot [MMP])

Ares:
Philip Stone (CDR)
Natalie B. York, Ph.D. (Mission Specialist [MSP])
Ralph Gershon (MMP)
Voyage (1996), novel NASA:
D-prime mission:
Apollo CSM (New Jersey)
Mars Excursion Module (MEM) 009 (Iowa)

Ares:
Apollo CSM (Discovery)
Mission Module (Endeavor [sic])
MEM (Challenger)
August 1984 (Alternate History)

March 21, 1985 – November 6, 1986 (Alternate History)
In alternate history, D-prime mission is test flight of Mars lander (MEM) in Earth orbit. Ares flies first human Mars mission (with Venus flyby for gravity assist); landing at Mangala Vallis in March 1986.[131]
Mars Probe:
Grosvenor
Guest (no first names given)

Mars Probe 13:
Alexander "Lex" Christian (Space Defence Division) (Commander)
Albert Fitzwilliam
Madeline Goodfellow

Mars 97:
Richard Michaels, Capt. (Commander)
Andi McCray
Bob Haigh
Claudia (no last name given)
Campbell
Singh
McGowan
Lewis (no first names given for last four)
Doctor Who
The Dying Days (1997), novel
Mars Probe Project (UK)

Mars 97 (Mars Orbiter/Mars Lander) (UK)
1970s/1980s

May 1997
Christian, accused of murdering Fitzwilliam and Goodfellow after Mars Probe 13's departure from Mars, escapes in May 1997 after 20 years' imprisonment. At the same time, Mars 97 mission to Mare Sirenum runs into trouble. Grosvenor and Guest made first human Mars landing at bottom of Olympus Mons during earlier Mars Probe Project.[132]
Mars Voyager:
Boris Brodsky (Russia) (Commander)
Martin A. Chadwick (USA) (Geologist)
Chou Lin (China) (Physicist)
Georgi Maladev (Russia) (Pilot/Navigator)
Adam J. Thompson (USA)
Jeffery Walker, Dr. (Great Britain) (Microbiologist/Physician)
Kishi Yamoto (Japan) (Electronics specialist)

Celeste:
Adam Thompson (USA) (Commander)
Louis Alvarez (Spain) (Pilot)
Matthew C. Duncan, Prof. (Canada) (Linguist)
Erica Williams Duncan (USA) (Registered Nurse)
Brian T. Hawkins (Great Britain) (Physicist)
Sanjay Kanti (India) (Electrical engineer)
Valeri Karamov (Russia) (Pilot)
Frank Manzoni (Italy) (Physicist)
Carlos Niemeyer (Brazil) (Communications/computer specialist)
Marina Selveg (Russia)(Microbiologist/Physician)
Henri Talon (France) (Computer specialist)
Sato Tanaka (USA) (Communications)

Copernicus:
Frank Morgan (Pilot)
Samantha Jackson (Copilot)

Lunar Colony:
Donald T. Hartman (Director)
Irene Hartman
26 unnamed personnel
The Face on Mars (1997), novel Space Station Prometheus
Mars Voyager
Explorer (lander)

Celeste (refitted Mars Voyager)
Questor (lander)
Lunar shuttle Copernicus
Lunar Colony
2040

2044
The first two crewed missions to Mars investigate the mysterious "Cydonia Face", but the second expedition must combat violence from within. First landing near southeast corner of Acidalia Planitia; second landing closer to Face.[133]
Andrew Poe (Biochemist)
Carl
Dee
Scott (no last names given for last three)
Ghost Stories
Cold Dark Space (1997), TV
Mars Mission Venture (MV 1) Future
Crew of spacecraft struck by meteoroid while returning from Mars.
Gary Hackman (Computer specialist)
Gordon A. Peacock (Computer specialist)

Aries:
William "Wild Bill" Overbeck (Commander)
Julie Ford (Mission Specialist/Geologist)
Fred Z. Randall (Computer specialist)
RocketMan (1997), film NASA:
MTS-1 Aries
Pilgrim One (lander)
Contemporary/Near Future
Geeky computer genius Randall is last-minute replacement for Hackman on first human Mars mission; Peacock is potential alternate replacement. Landing at Planitia Base near Valles Marineris.[134][135][136]
Hannon, Maj. (no first name given)[p]

Geophysical Station 2375BN:
Minsky, Dr. (no first name given)

Antares 9G:
Elaine Botkins, Capt. (Mission Commander)
Bryan Minsky, Spec. (Engineer)
Winged (1997), short film ENSA:
Geophysical Station 2375BN
Antares 9G (shuttle)
2049 (March – May 20)
Dr. Minsky refuses to accompany his crew when they leave space station in Martian orbit; Capt. Botkins and Minsky's son Bryan are sent to convince him to leave. Antares 9G arrives at station on May 20, 2049.
Schiaparelli:
Zoe Nash (Expedition Leader/Chief Pilot/Backup Communications)
Reza Armani (Chief Geologist/Areologist/Backup Pilot)
Ludwig Holter (Germany) (Communications/Backup Computer Specialist)
Jenny Kopal (Hungary) (Computer Specialist/Backup Head of Instrumentation)
Alta McIntosh-Mohammad (Great Britain/Federation of Indian States) (Chief Engineer)
Wilmer Oldfield (Australia) (Astronomer)
Celine Tanaka (Head of Instrumentation/Physician)

ISS-2:
Ursula Klein
Lawrence Morphy
Two unnamed astronauts
Aftermath (1998), novel Schiaparelli

ISS-1
ISS-2
2026 (from February 9)
Crew of first Mars expedition tries to return home after Earth's technology is devastated by electromagnetic pulse caused by gamma ray burst from Alpha Centauri supernova.[137]
Patrick Ross, Cmdr. (Captain)
Dennis Gamble
Anne Sampas
Species II (1998), film National Space Exploration [?] (N.S.E.G.):
Excursion (incorporates space shuttle)
Lander (Eagle?)
Near Future
Ross, the first man on Mars, and Sampas are infected by alien DNA from Martian soil sample.[138][139]
Lia Poirier (Sagan Commander [Mars])
John Rank (Sagan Commander [Flight])
Andrea Singer (Mission Chemist)
Bill Malone (Mission Architect)
Sergei Andropov (Mission Biogeochemist)
Escape from Mars (1999), TV movie International Mars Venture (IMV):
Sagan
2015
Two-and-a-half year mission funded by private consortium.[140][141]
NASA:
Robbie "Robbs" Barth

Mars Consortium:
Katherine Molina (Pilot)
Venture:
Viktor Nelyubov (Commander)
Marc Bryant (Pilot/Geologist)
Julia "Jules" Barth (Biologist/Medical Officer)
Raoul Molina (Mechanic)

Valkyrie:
Claudine Jesum (France) (Commander/Medic)
Gerda Braun (Germany) (Engineer)
Lee Chen, Dr. (Exobiologist)
The Martian Race (1999), novel Mars Consortium:
Venture (Mars Landing-Habitat Module [Hab])

Airbus Group:
Valkyrie

NASA:
Earth Return Vehicle (ERV)
February 20, 2016 – March 14, 2018
NASA and ESA astronauts transfer to private companies competing for $30 billion Mars Prize. Consortium crew makes first human landing on August 9, 2016, in Gusev Crater.[142]
John Mark Kelly, Lt.
Rose Kumagawa
Andrei Novakovich
Star Trek: Voyager
One Small Step (1999), TV
Ares IV 2032
NASA astronauts on an early mission to Mars.
Lee Forbes, Cmdr.
Susan Roberts
Tanya Webster
Paul Webster
Doctor Who
Red Dawn (2000), audio play
Ares One 2000s
Crew of privately funded NASA mission. Tanya turns out to be part-Martian.
Jesus do Sul:
João Fernando Conselheiro, Ph.D. (Commander)
Unnamed Brazilian astronaut

Agamemnon/Ulysses:
Seven unnamed astronauts

Don Quijote:
John Radkowski (USAF) (Commander)
Tanisha Yvonne "Tana" Jackson, M.D./Ph.D. (Medical officer/biologist)
Ryan Martin (Canada) (Systems engineer)
Chamlong "Cham" Limpigomolchai, Ph.D. (Thailand) (Geologist)
Estrela Carolina Conselheiro (Brazil) (Geologist)
Brandon Weber (impersonating Trevor Whitman) (Passenger)
Mars Crossing (2000), novel Brazil:
Jesus do Sul

NASA:
Agamemnon
Ulysses (Mars Return Launch Module)
Butterfly (Mars airplane)

Don Quijote
Dulcinea (Mars Return Launch Module)
2020

2022

2028
First three expeditions to Mars, the first two of which result in loss of all crew. Jesus do Sul lands at Martian north pole; Agamemnon lands on eastern rim of Acidalia Planitia; Don Quijote lands on edge of Felis Dorsa. Whitman wins contest for slot on third expedition.[143][144]
Maggie McConnell (USAF)
Bjornstrom (Geologist)

Mars 1:
Luke Graham, Ph.D. (Commander)
Sergei Kirov
Nicholas Willis
Reneé Coté

Mars Recovery Mission:
Woodrow "Woody" Blake (Commander)
Jim McConnell (Copilot) (USAF)
Terri Fisher
Phil Ohlmyer

WSS:
Ray Beck (NASA) (Mars Mission Control Room MMCR)
Unnamed personnel
Mission to Mars (2000), film NASA:
Mars I
Earth Return Vehicle (E.R.V.)

Mars II/Mars Recovery Mission
Resupply Module (REMO)

World Space Station (WSS)
June 9, 2020 – c. 2022
NASA astronauts on the first human mission to Mars and a follow-up mission to rescue them. Mars I launches June 10, 2020; landing in Cydonia. Jim McConnell previously landed crippled Block II Space Shuttle. Maggie and Jim McConnell were assigned as co-commanders of Mars I before Maggie became ill and died. Bjornstrom was originally assigned to Mars II but replaced by McConnell when it turned into Mars Recovery Mission.[145][146][147]
Kate Bowman, Cmdr. (USN)
Quinn Burchenal, Dr.
Bud Chantilas, Dr.
Robby Gallagher
Chip Pettengil
Ted Santen, Lt.
Red Planet (2000), film Mars-1 2057
Commercially sponsored crew investigates reported oxygen reduction of automated terraforming of Mars. Solar flare complicates mission and landing crew are at mercy of rogue robot.[148][149][150]
Philip J. Fry Futurama
The Luck of the Fryrish (2001), TV
Unknown 21st century
The first human on Mars was the nephew and namesake of Philip J. Fry.
NASA:
Susan Dillard (Scientist)

Ares 7/10:
Kennedy "Hampster" Hampton (USN) (CDR)
Alexis "Lex" Ohta, Ph.D. (USAF) (PLT)
Valerie "Valkerie" Jansen, M.D., Ph.D. (MS1)
Bob "Kaggo" Kaganovski, Ph.D. (MS2)

Joshua Bennett, CAPCOM/Flight Director
Oxygen (2001), The Fifth Man (2002), novels NASA:

Ares 7/10:
Mars Habitation Module (Hab)
Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV)
Earth Return Vehicle (ERV) / Earth Landing Capsule (ELC)
August 14, 2012 – July 4, 2014 (Oxygen)

March 16 – May 9, 2015 (The Fifth Man)
When first human mission to Mars sustains explosion en route, suspicion runs rampant among the crew that one of them is a saboteur. Launch on January 25, 2014; landing on July 3, 2014, at 30°S 95°E / 30°S 95°E / -30; 95. Eight months later, crew confronts possibility of infection by Martian pathogen.[151][152]
Andre Vishniac (Captain)
Susana "Susan" Sánchez (Pilot/Second-in-command)
Luca Baglioni (Engineer)
Jenny "Jen" Johnson (Physician)
Fidel Rodrigo (Astrobiologist)
Herbert Sagan (Geologist)
Lowell (no first name given) (remains on Ares)
Stranded (2001), film NASA/JPL/LMA/ESA:
Ares Mission:
Ares (orbital module)
Bello (descent module)
2020
Crew of first human Mars mission is stranded after descent module crash-lands near Martian equator and Valles Marineris. Sagan is first man on Mars.[153]
McCarthy (USAF) (Commander)
Jeffries
Sally "Sal" Spirek (USAF) (Medic/Scientist)
Ed Enright, Ph.D. (Geologist)
"Ulla, Ulla" (2002), short story NASA:
Fortitude
2019–2022
First human mission to Mars discovers strangely familiar technology from extinct civilization. McCarthy and Jeffries took part in return Moon mission in 2015. Mars landing on September 2, 2020, in Amazonis Planitia.[154]
Nelson Barnes, Capt. (USAF)
Three unnamed astronauts
John Doe
Illegal Alien (2003), TV
United States Air Force:
Mars Habitat One (Experimental)
February 3 – 7, 2003
Astronaut testing technology for potential Mars mission staggers out of woods and is shot by teenager.[155]
Asaph Hall:
Don Lawson
Sasim Remtulla

Percival Lowell:
Chuck Zakarian (Commander)
Unnamed astronauts
"Mikeys" (2004), short story NASA:
Asaph Hall/Mike Collins Station
Percival Lowell
c. 2039
Arriving on Deimos ahead of planned Mars landing by Percival Lowell, Lawson and Remtulla make major discovery.[156]
Ares I:
Ritter (Captain) (No first name given)
Boris Ivanov (Pilot)
Jeanne Monier (Engineering Physicist)
Roel van Dijk (Planetary Physicist)

Mars Trailblazer I:
Poul Eriksen, Col. (AFSPC) (Captain)
Jacques "Jack" Boutillier, Maj. (USMC Space Division) (Pilot)
Linde Hoerter (Planetary atmosphere specialist)
Nobuo Okita (Japan) (Nuclear Physicist/Engineer)
"Orbital Base Fear" (2004), short story Consortium (NASA, ESA, Russian Federation, Japan):
Mars Expedition I

Consortium (ESA, Russian Federation):
Ares I

NASA/Air Force Space Command/Japan:
Mars Trailblazer I/Orbital Base Phobos
Valkyrie (landing shuttle)
Future
Seven years after failure of Mars Expedition I, Consortium and US crews race to be first on Mars. Trailblazer lands on Phobos near Stickney Crater.[157]
Two unnamed astronauts Hametsu no Marusu (aka Mars of Destruction) (2005), anime United States:
Mars Exploration Vessel (aka Mars Exploratory Vessel)
2010
Astronauts returning from Mars when spacecraft breaks up on reentry; after debris falls to Earth, hostile creatures called Ancients appear in Tokyo.[158]
Tom Houst Tom on Mars (2005), short film The Agency:
Delta II
2049–2054
After traveling to Mars alone on second human Mars mission, Houst is told that his girlfriend on Earth never existed.[159]
Sly Delta Honey The Sea of Perdition (2006), short film Mars Expedition Future
Cosmonaut separated from expedition encounters strange creature on Mars.[160]
Glenn Hartwell (US) (Administrator) (International Space Development Agency)
Max "Bull" Teller,[q] Dr. (US/ISDA) (CAPCOM)

Project Olympus:
Richard Erwin, Capt. (USN/ISDA) (Mission Commander)
Mikhail Cerenkov, Maj. (Russian Air Force/ISDA) (Mission Pilot)
Antoine Hébert, Dr. (EU – France/ISDA) (Mission Specialist – Flight Engineer [Nuclear Propulsion])
Jacqueline Decelles, Dr. (Canada/ISDA) (Mission Specialist – Robotics Engineer)
Lucia Alarcon, Maj. (M.D.) (USAF/ISDA) (Mission Specialist – Flight Surgeon)
Hiromi Okuda, Dr. (Japan/ISDA) (Mission Specialist – Astrobiologist)
Race to Mars (2007), TV International Mars Partnership (IMP)
Project Olympus:
Shirase (Cargo Vehicle)
Atlantis (MarsHab)
Gagarin (Mars Ascent/Descent Vehicle)
Terra Nova (Mars Transit Vehicle)
Columbia (Earth Return Capsule)
September 12, 2026 – August 31, 2031
International crew racing Chinese to find water and life on Mars. Hartwell commanded first mission back to Moon; Erwin previously traveled to the Moon. Departure from Earth orbit on January 26, 2030; Mars landing on December 22, 2030, in Dao Vallis; return to Earth on August 31, 2031. Terra Nova is propelled by nuclear thermal rockets.[161]
Barsoom Express:
Jerry Beaden (USN)

Tsiolkovski:
Nathan Nesius (Captain)
Carroway, Dr. (Physician) (no first name given)
Michael Carroll
Unnamed French geologist

ISS:
Makarov, Col. (Russia) (no first name given)
Unnamed personnel
Cathedral (2009), novelette NASA:
Barsoom Express
Tsiolkovski (aka Tsio)

International Space Station
Soyuz
Near Future[r]
Beaden fakes oxygen leak on Martian flyby mission to force landing on Mars and launch of rescue mission, kick-starting human exploration of Mars. Landing west of Olympus Mons.[162][163]
Zeus:
Mike Goss (Mission Commander)
Calliope:
Ted Shaw
Maddux Donner
Sharon Lewis
Jeff Walker
Defying Gravity (2009), TV International Space Organization (ISO)
Mars 2042:
Zeus
Calliope (Mars lander)
2042
Calliope lands in Gusev Crater (at 14°36′S 173°30′E / 14.6°S 173.5°E / -14.6; 173.5) with secret goal of recovering alien artifact. Walker becomes first human on Mars, but Shaw and Donner are forced to leave Lewis and Walker behind on surface due to dust storm.
Adelaide Brooke, Cmdr.
Ed Gold
Tarak Ital
Andy Stone
Margaret Cain
Mia Bennett
Yuri Kerenski
Steffi Ehrlich
Roman Groom
Doctor Who
The Waters of Mars (2009), TV
Apollo 34
Bowie Base One
November 21, 2059
First humans on Mars (contradicting earlier Doctor Who stories), menaced by a water-based Martian life-form and destined by history to die. Base located in Gusev Crater.[164]
Annie Norris, Col. (Commander)
Tom Tyler, Maj.
Sam Tyler
Ray Carling
Chris Skelton
Life on Mars
Life is a Rock (2009), TV
Aries Project:
Hyde 1-2-5
2035
Crew travels to Mars in suspended animation, using "neural-stims" to keep brains occupied; as a result, Sam Tyler believes he is time-traveling NYPD detective.[165]
NASA:
Mitchell Dodd (Scientist)

Ares:
Christopher Eugene Burke, Capt. (USAF) (Commander)
Trisha "Trish" Merriday (USMC) (First Officer)
Terry Kessler (Command Module Pilot)
Owen "Beech" Beechum (Mission Specialist)
Offworld (2009), novel Ares 2031 – 2033
NASA astronauts return from first human Mars mission to find Earth deserted.[166]
NASA:
Norman Backus (Pilot)
Roseanne Kim (Scientist)
Denny (no last name given)

Excelsior:
James Rose, Capt. (Commander/Pilot)
Jed Richards, Col. (First Officer)
José Rodrigues (Science Officer)

Geronimo:
Steve Watanabe, Lt. (Pilot)
Abu Jmil (First Officer)
Deborah Quartz (Science Officer)

Pequod:
Brandon Lepper, Capt. (Pilot/Science Officer)
Laurie Corelli, Capt. (First Officer)
Arnold Gilmore, Dr. (Chief Medical Officer)
The Four Fingers of Death (2010), novel NASA:

Excelsior
Geronimo
Pequod
Earth Return Vehicle (ERV)
September 30, 2025 – October 2026
Small-time writer Montese Crandall novelizes 2025 remake of 1963 film The Crawling Hand (q.v.), adding back-story of first human Mars mission finding flesh-eating bacteria on Mars. Landing near Valles Marineris.[167][168]
Hank Morrison (Captain)
Casey Cook, Dr. (New Zealand/ESA)
Charlie Brownsville (NASA)
Mars (2010), film NASA/ESA:
Minerva 1
2015
First human Mars mission is secretly financed by billionaire Morrison. Landing on November 29, 2015, in Terra Tyrrhena. Cook is first human on Mars. Brownsville made untethered EVA in 2010 to repair ion propulsion satellite.[169][170]
Perry Scott, Cmdr. The Planeteer (2010), short film NASA:
Horizon I
April 22 – 25, 2010
Two-time Space Shuttle commander Scott helps eleven-year-old locate missing crew of first human Mars mission.[171]
Kim Yeun-ja (Korea) (Painter/Citizen-Astronaut)

Kasei 18:
Lynne Ann Morse (Flanders?) (Commander/Climatologist)
Kabir Abuja (Nigeria) (Engineer)
Audra Miskinis (Lithuania) (Paleobiologist)
Gary Shu (Newsblogger/Citizen-Astronaut)

Expedition 18:
Nam Dae-jung (Korea) (Commander/Geochemist)
Suma Handini (Pakistan) (Engineer)
Li Huang (China) (Climatologist)
Three unnamed astronauts
"Citizen-Astronaut" (2011), short story United Nations Space Agency (UNSA):
Kasei 18
Expedition 18
Future
Shu replaces the injured Kim as the first Citizen-Astronaut to travel to Mars.[172][173]
Tom (Captain)
Chandra (Medical Officer)
Archie
Paolo
Rajuk (no last names given)
Zoë Morrison, Dr. (Astrobotanist)
"Goodnight Moons" (2011), short story NASA:
Conestoga
Sacagawea (return vehicle)
Near Future
Forty days into first human Mars mission, Morrison learns that she is pregnant.[174]
Unnamed astronaut Last Flight (2011), short film Unknown 2038
Lone survivor of Mars Base during nuclear war on Earth walks through Sinai Dorsa and Noctis Labyrinthus.[175]
Two unnamed astronauts Mars (2011), short film Eleanor (Unnamed fictional country)

Unnamed lander (Unnamed fictional country)
Future
Astronauts from different countries make first Mars landings nearly simultaneously.[176]
Fire Star:
Wen Xiang (China) (Commander)
Cooper Jackson (USA) (Flight Surgeon)
Julie Davis (USA) (Biologist)
Victoria Orlova, Prof. (Russia) (Astrophysicist)
Junior Astronauts:
Nicolas "Nico" Moreau (France)
Aneesa Malik (India)
Unnamed junior astronaut

Mars Base I:
Oscar Schweiger (Chief Mars Settlement Officer)
Ivan (Scientist)
Helena (Scientist)
Gene (Staff engineer)
Unnamed staff
Mars: You Decide How to Survive! (2011), gamebook Fire Star
Mars Base I
Near Future
Junior astronauts join mission to prepare Mars Base I for permanent colonists. Mars Base I located near Valles Marineris and Arsia Mons.[177]
Mars Mission:
Unnamed commander
Three unnamed astronauts
The Universe
Crash Landing on Mars (2011), TV
Mars Mission:
Habitat module (Hab)
Earth Return Vehicle (ERV)
Mars Base Alpha

Mars Mission 2
Near Future
International crew crashes in eastern Valles Marineris after encountering Martian dust devil during landing.[178]
Zoe Barnes (Captain)
Emma Turk, Cmdr. (First Officer)
Emit Barnes, Dr. (Scientist)
Rogers, Nurse (no first name given)
Isaiah
Khan
Raj
Sam (no last names given)
Unnamed astronauts
D.O.G.S. of Mars (2012), graphic novel Department of Global Surveyors (D.O.G.S.):
Mars Base Bowie
Future
Astronauts on mission to terraform Mars are attacked by nocturnal Martian creatures.[179]
Project Emergence:
Bahe, Gen. (Navajo Nation)
P. Clarke (Corporate Official)
Unnamed guard

Emergence:
Tazbah Redhouse, Cdr. (Pilot) (Navajo Nation)
Tobias Smith, Dr. (Omnicorn Corporation)
Futurestates
The 6th World: An Origin Story (2012), TV
International Space Station

Project Emergence:
Emergence
Future
First mission to colonize Mars uses genetically engineered corn. Gen. Bahe is an experienced astronaut.[180]
NASA:
Elma York, Dr.
The Lady Astronaut of Mars (2012), novelette

"Rockets Red" (2015), short story
First Mars Expedition

Longevity Mission
1952 – 1954 / 1980s (Alternate History)

1974 (Alternate History)
In alternate history in which asteroid struck Washington, D.C., in mid-20th century, York took part in First Mars Expedition in 1952. Thirty years later, she is chosen for Longevity Mission to exoplanet LS-579.[181][182]
J.T. (Canada) (no last name given) Man On Mars (2012), short film Unknown Near Future
Astronaut launching for 506-day mission to Mars.[183]
Jeff (Scotland)
Two unnamed astronauts
Phone Home (2012), short film NASA Future
Astronaut calls his wife from Mars.[184]
Campbell (Commander) (no first name given)
Craig Rowe (Pilot/Second-in-command)
Amy DeLuca (Lander pilot)
Tom Barischoff (Chief Engineer)
Kristen Bradfield
Ed Carradine
Fumi Mashimo (Palaeobiologist)
Chris Mendenhall
Claire O'Brian (Geophysicist)
Aaron Rhodes
Lori Childs Rowe (Senior Planetary Scientist/Ice Miner/Engineer's Mate/Assistant Astrogator)
Beth Young
Diana Cosatti
Frank Cosatti
Unnamed astronaut
"Taking the High Road" (2012), short story NASA:
Liberty
Mars Lander
April 12, 2037 – June 24, 2062
Mars-bound crew facing death due to fuel farm explosion on Mars changes course to match orbit with comet 10P/Tempel.[185][186]
Peter Bennett (Commander)
Mark Riley, Capt.
Alan Kenneth (Biologist)
Tin Can (2012), film United States:
Cercopes Mars Mission
Near Future
Astronauts on two-year Mars mission. Mission begins on July 21.
Lisa Animation Domination High-Def
The Dumbest Girl on Mars (2013), TV
NASA Future
Astronaut sent to establish Mars base stupidly takes off her helmet.[187]
A. Naut
B. Naut
Brickleberry
Trip to Mars (2013), TV
NASA:
Apollo
Contemporary/Near Future (Spring)
NASA Mars landing is faked. 1969 Moon landing is also stated to have been faked.
Unnamed Mission Commander
Three unnamed astronauts
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 3: Planet of the Pies (2013), picture book NASA Contemporary/Near Future
Astronauts discover "thick, glutinous substance" falling from the sky on Mars.[188]
Bradley Emerson Elliott, Maj. The Eye With Which The Universe Beholds Itself (2013), novella Repurposed Skylab as transfer vehicle, with Apollo Lunar Module for the surface landing 1979 (Alternate History)
Mission to Mars based on RR Titus's Flyby-Landing Excursion Module proposal of 1966.
Don Feinberg, Lt. Cmdr. (USN) (Captain)
Shaw, Dr. (no first name given)
Four unnamed astronauts
"How Was It Up There?" (2013), short short story Intergalactic Space Mission Future
On 300-day Martian flyby mission, Shaw and Feinberg become first people to have intercourse in space.[s][189]
Weber, Capt. (USMC) (no first name given)

Ernesto Suarez
"The Lamplighter Legacy" (2013), short story Unknown September 15, 2021 / September 15, 2081
Weber serves as technical advisor for billionaire James Lamplighter's launch of self-replicating 3D printer to asteroid 4660 Nereus, where it builds technology for Mars mission. Teenage blogger Suarez later travels to Nereus; his family later settles on Mars.[190][191]
Tantalus base:
Charles Brunel (Canada) (Commander)
Kim Aldrich (UK) (Geologist)
Vincent Campbell (USA) (Chief Systems Officer)
Lauren Dalby (UK) (Medic)
Richard "Harry" Harrington (UK) (Communications)
Robert Irwin (UK)
Rebecca Lane (UK) (Biochemist)
Marko Petrovic (Serbia)

Aurora relief team:
Unnamed astronauts
The Last Days on Mars (2013), film International Space Commission (ISC):

Aurora Mars Mission 2:
Aurora
Tantalus base
Aurora lander
Future
Martian explorers discover life, with disastrous results.[192][193]
Unnamed commander
Three unnamed astronauts
Mousetronaut Goes to Mars (2013), picture book NASA:
Galaxy Rocket
Mars landing craft
Near Future
Mouse named Meteor becomes first Earthling on Mars after landing craft engine fails, preventing human crew from landing. Sequel to Mousetronaut: Based on a (Partially) True Story (q.v.).[194]
Kirk "Andy" Anderson (Pilot)

Orbital Seven:
Drew Bantry (Commander)
Kristen Zhang
Unnamed personnel
"The Promise of Space" (2013), short story Spaceways:
Unknown (Mars missions)
Orbital Seven
c. 2030s – June 2051
Anderson, the first man on Phobos and veteran of two Mars missions, develops Alzheimer's-like symptoms after flying rescue mission to Orbital Seven during solar flare.[195][196]
Samuel Michaels, Capt. (Commander) Among the Stars (2014), short film Artemis-939 Future
Sole survivor of mission to establish life on Mars records final message in escape pod.[197]
Unnamed astronaut Delivery from Earth (2014), short film Unknown Future
Astronaut from Gallup, New Mexico is first person to give birth on Mars.[198]
Diomedes 1:
Mark Allen (Mission Commander)
Daniel Pryor (Biosystems Engineer)
Emily Turner (Mars Module Pilot)
Delta-V (2014), short film NASA:
Project Diomedes
Near Future
Former Space Shuttle commander Allen is offered one-way flight to Mars.[199]
Shuttle 1:
Phil Miller (Pilot)
Steven Drake, Dr.
Last Sunrise (2014), short film Micronesia Unilateral Space Fund (MUSF):
RedThesis (Mars colony)
Shuttle 1
Shuttle 2
Phobos Base Control Center
Near Future
Astronaut from colony featured in reality TV show is running out of oxygen on Martian surface. Colony located in Hellas Planitia.[200]
Gloria "Glory Hallelujah" Hazeltine (Mission Commander)
Ernie Roebuck (Chief Communications Engineer)
Unnamed lead biologist
Unnamed astronauts

Excursion 3 (E-3):
Patrick O'Connor (Team Leader)
Jacob "Jake" Bernstein (Geologist)
Rashid Faiyum (Geologist)
"Mars Farts" (2014), short story Unknown Late 21st century (after 2076)
After meteor shower, Excursion 3 team is stranded near Viking 2 landing site in Utopia Planitia. Mission base at Tithonium Chasma; Excursion 1 site near Olympus Mons.[201]
Ares 1:
Karen Rhodes (Mechanical Engineer)

Ares 3:
Melissa Lewis (USN) (Commander/Geologist)
Rick Martinez, Maj. (Pilot)
Chris Beck, Dr. (Physician/Biologist/EVA Specialist)
Beth Johanssen (Sysop/Reactor Tech)
Alex Vogel (Germany/European Union) (Chemist/Navigator)
Mark Richard Watney,[t] Ph.D. (Botanist/Mechanical Engineer)
The Martian (2014), novel; The Martian (2015), film

"Diary of an AssCan: A Mark Watney Short Story" (2015), short story
NASA:

Ares 1

Ares 3:
Hermes
Mars Descent Vehicle (MDV)
Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV)
2035
Sandstorm forces crew to evacuate landing site in Acidalia Planitia, leaving Watney, who is erroneously believed dead, stranded on Mars. In film Martinez is also member of Ares V crew.[u][202][203][204][205][206]
Bart Saxby (NASA chief administrator)
Nathan Brice (Flight Director)

Arrow:
Benson "Bee" Benson (Canada) (Command Pilot)
Ted Connover, Ph.D. (USAF) (Pilot)
Catherine Clermont, Dr. (France) (Geologist)
Virginia "Jinny" Gonzalez (Communications Specialist)
Amanda "Mandy" Lynn (USA) (Biologist)
Hiram "Hi" McPherson (Geologist)
Taki Nomura, Dr. (Japan) (Physician/Psychologist)
Mikhail "Mike" Prokhorov (Russia) (Meteorologist)
Rescue Mode (2014), novel NASA:
Arrow
Hercules (Mars lander)
Fermi (uncrewed lander/surface habitation module)
August 2032 – December 2035
First human Mars mission is imperiled by meteoroid impact. Saxby and Brice are former astronauts; Connover is an ISS and International Moon Base veteran. Launch from Earth orbit on April 5, 2035; landing on November 5, 2035, in Elysium Planitia.[207]
Ned Crater (Commander)
Flo Comet (Engineer)
Alex Nova (Lander Pilot)
Izzy Stardust (Science Officer)
Lem Cosmos (Engineer)
Space Quest: Mission to Mars (2014), picture book Space Quest:
Unnamed rocket
Ramesses
Memphis (Mars lander)
2050
Astronauts land on Mars as first stage of mission to explore Solar System. Landing near Valles Marineris.[208]
Unnamed commander
Tom Richwood, Sgt. Maj. (Pilot/Systems Engineering Specialist)
Rusham Haroun, Dr. (Bioscience Officer)
Angela Olvera
Mikhail Dankov
Castle
The Wrong Stuff (2015), TV
Mars 2018 Project:
Tenzing Norgay (simulator)
Contemporary
Navy and NASA veteran Richwood is murdered during simulation of privately funded mission to Martian northern lowlands.[209]
Samuel Ko "The Drones" (2015), short short story Unknown Future
First man on Mars arrives in shelter built by insect-like drones.[210]
T. Rymann
S. Hartley
Mars 299 792 458 m s 1 (2015), short film France December 9, 2034
Chaotic situation on Mars.[211]
Ed (no last name given) MARS-3 (2015), short film Mars X December 2, 1971 / 2038
Astronaut seeking to recover data from Soviet Mars 3 lander in Ptolemaeus Crater.[212]
Taylor Richards (Orbiter pilot)
"Hud" Hudson
Bowman
Red Mission (2015), short film Mars Red II (Recon Orbiter/Lander) July 19, 2053
After Hudson and Bowman make first human landing on Mars, all three astronauts are abducted and placed in artificial Earth-like environment.[213]
Anuli (NASA) (M1)
Gil (ISSM)
Red Pearl (2015), short film Orion
International Space Station Mars (ISSM)
Mars habitat
2040
US astronaut who grew up in Nigeria explores rim of Victoria Crater. Space station is similar to ISS, but in Martian orbit.[214]
Phoenix:
Karie Chen (Commander)
Unnamed pilot
Three unnamed scientists

Pilgrim 2:
Daniel Chen
Four unnamed astronauts

Pilgrim 3:
Karie Chen
Jonah Brennerman
James Krueger
Treva Hilgar
"Tribute" (2015), short story NASA:
Phoenix
Pilgrim 1 (Mars habitat)
Pilgrim 2

Nova Branson Corporation:
Pilgrim 3
c. 2050
Deaths of Pilgrim 2 crew end human spaceflight by NASA; Daniel Chen's sister Karie follows him to Mars on privately funded mission. Karie Chen previously commanded Phoenix mission to asteroid placed in lunar orbit. Krueger and Hilgar are former NASA astronauts.[215]
Zephyr:
William D. Stanaforth, Capt.

Boreas:
Emily Maddox, Capt.

Endurance:
Worsley (Captain)
Greenstreet (no first names given)
Approaching the Unknown (2016), film Romulus Mission:
Zephyr
Boreas

Endurance (space station)
Near Future
Astronauts on one-way trip to Mars in separate spacecraft.[216][217]
European Space Programme:
Angelo Chavez (US)
Marlon Habila, Dr. (Nigeria)

New Dawn:
Toby Soyinka (Second communications officer) (UK)
Unnamed astronauts

Second Wind:
Vinnie Cameron
Zhanna Sorokina
Ken Toh
Jocelyn Tooker
The Art of Space Travel (2016), novelette European Space Programme:
New Dawn
Hoffnung 3 (space station)

Second Wind
2047

c. 2077
New Dawn, launched for Mars in June 2047, exploded, killing its crew. Thirty years later, Second Wind crew prepares for second attempted Mars mission.[218]
Eli Cologne First Man on Mars (2016), film Cologne Space Labs October 23, 2003 – 2005
Billionaire Cologne returns from self-funded Mars mission as monster and terrorizes Louisiana bayou.
Daedalus:
Ben Sawyer (Mission Commander/Systems Engineer) (United States)
Hana Seung (Mission Pilot/Systems Engineer) (United States)
Marta Kamen, Dr. (Exobiologist/Geologist) (Russia)
Robert Foucault, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineer/Roboticist) (Nigeria)
Javier Delgado (Geochemist/Hydrologist) (Spain)
Amelie Durand (Mission Physician/Biochemist) (France)

Joon Seung (United States) (CAPCOM) (subsequently IMSF Secretary General)

Vega:
Jane
Unnamed personnel

Cygnus:
Unnamed pilot
Leslie Richardson, Dr. (Phase Two director/nuclear physicist)
Paul J. Richardson, Dr. (Ethnobotanist)
Oliver Lee
Ava Macon
Unnamed personnel

Arrival ship unspecified:
Sam
Nick
Jake
Alex
Victor
Gout
Golokov
Wilkes
Garmash
Turtle
Solet
Mars (2016–2018), TV International Mars Science Foundation (IMSF)/Mars Mission Corporation (MMC):
Daedalus
Vega
Cygnus
Olympus Town (settlement)
2033 – 2037
Mission to establish first colony on Mars. Initial landing by Daedalus in Valles Marineris in 2033. Sawyer and Seung are NASA veterans.[219][220]
Mars II:
Four unnamed astronauts

Mars IV:
Julie Lafarge (France) (Astrophysicist/Pilot)
Eliott
Frank
Lisa (no last names given for last three)
Mars IV (2016), short film United Nations Space Agency (U.N.S.A):
Mars II

Mars IV:
Rocketship X-M
2047

2053
Mars II crew fell into comas due to "the Red", a psychological condition, and were sent back to Earth. Six years later, with less than a week to go in their mission, Mars IV crew discover valuable gold deposit and begin hallucinating.
Achilles:
Lee Maynard, Lt Col. (Commander)
Emma Grant

Ares 5:
Francois (no last names given)[v]
Shiela (no last names given)[w]
4 unnamed astronauts
"Steel Eye" (2016), short story Ares Program:

Ares 4[x]
Achilles

Ares 5

Equinox (Mars habitat)
Near Future
NASA astronauts on the first human orbital mission to Mars, who find themselves faced with an agonizing choice when the engine that was supposed to allow their return to Earth fails.[221]
Theresa Clarke, Capt. (Canada) (Commander)
Dominique Henry, Dr. (OG-GYN) (United States)
Li Rong, Dr. (China) (Planetologist)
Laima Miškinis (Lithuania)
Renata Romero (Mexico)
Seven unnamed astronauts
Aloysius Koch
Women Are from Mars (2016), web series The SisterShip Mars Colonizing Mission:
Deja Thoris [sic]
Near Future ("Stardate 7.3")
12-woman crew (six scientists, six civilians) on one-way trip to colonize Mars. Clarke is an experienced astronaut.[222]
Dave Nicholson (Chief Commander)
Unnamed astronauts
Black Holes: How Embarrassing To Be Human (2017), short film NASA:
Mars Premium
Contemporary/Near Future[y]
Nicholson and sentient seedless melon are slated to fly first human Mars mission. Proof of concept for TV series.[223]
Kate Winship (Geologist)
Ryan
Svetlana
Dave (no last names given)
Two unnamed astronauts
"Feldspar" (2017), short story NASA:
Eos
Future
First human landing on Mars; Eos Base Camp established in mouth of Valles Marineris. Winship is injured near mouth of Maja Vallas on excursion to Chryse Planitia; Earth-based rover operator comes to her aid, guiding her to shelter near Dromore crater.[224]
Adam Hummingbird Freager, Col. Great Planes of World War 3: Prologue (2017), short film Ares One Future
Sole survivor of Mars landing is stranded on Mars when Earth is destroyed by nuclear war and asteroid impact.
Robert Liu, Dr. (CNSA) (Mission Commander/Chemical Engineer)
Namusisi "Sissy" Biira, Dr. (African Space Research Program [ASRP]) (Astrosociologist/Psychiatrist)
Lucien Pascal Gans,[z] Dr. (ESA) (Biochemist/Physician)
Elvis Price Johnson, Dr. (Google Space Initiative [GSI]) (Computers and Communications)
Kathryn "Kat" Voss, Dr. (NASA) (Astrophysicist/Climatologist)
One Under the Sun (2017), film Samsara Mission c. 2039
Voss is lone survivor of international Mars mission after spacecraft is destroyed by missile during reentry.[225]
Four unnamed astronauts Others Will Follow (2017), short film NASA Early 2000s
Spacecraft breaks apart on approach to Mars, leaving only one survivor.[226]
Jason Webber (Commander)
Maschio Salvatore (1st Officer)
Gordon Spark, Dr.
Alexander Chen, Tech Sgt.
VanLadyLove: Mars: A Musical Odyssey (2017), music video VLL (United States) Future
Musician crew of Mars mission space dive to Martian surface. Music video for end credit song from Magellan (2017).
MarsNOW:
Sergei Kuznetzov (Russia) (Co-Commander)
Helen Kane (US) (Co-Commander)
Yoshihiro "Yoshi" Tanaka (JAXA) (Co-Commander)

Backup crew:
Dev Patek (US)
Nora (US)
Ty (US) (no last names given for last two)

Weilai 3:
Yu Chen
Meifeng Guo
He Liu
Mingli Sheng
The Wanderers (2017), novel Prime Space
MarsNOW:
Eidolon (mission simulation)

Primitus (Earth-to-Mars vehicle)
Red Dawn (Earth Return Vehicle)
Red Dawn II (contingency ERV)

CNSA:
Weilai 3
Near Future
Astronauts undertake 17-month simulated Mars mission for private company; simulated landing near Arsia Mons. Meanwhile, Weilai 3 crew die in cockpit fire on way to Moon. All three members of MarsNOW prime crew are ISS veterans; Tanaka and former ISS commander Kuznetzov are NEEMO veterans. Former NASA astronaut Kane flew with cosmonaut named Yusef on her second ISS mission.[227]
Genesis One:
William O'Connor,[aa] Col. (CDR)
Raymond Jackson, Capt. (USAF)
Samantha "Sammy" Strickland (First Commander)
Ben "Benny" Brooks, Lt.
Emma "Ems" Hudson, Chief (USAF) (Engineer)
Kôji "Shiro" Yushiro, Dr. (Physician)
Another Plan from Outer Space (aka The Doomed) (2018), film NASA/U.S. Space Fleet
Genesis One (Space Shuttle)

Mars colony
2024

July 7–8, 1947
Astronauts returning from bringing colonists to Mars crash-land on Earth.[228][229]
Aleksandr Chapaev (Russia) (Commander)
Two unnamed astronauts
Forsaken (a.k.a. Forsaken: Mission Mars, Mission Mars, Stranded On Mars) (2018), film International Mars Mission Near Future
First human mission to Mars fails due to a severe dust storm; Chapaev saves his crew but crashes on landing, stranded on Mars. Pilot/second-in-command is Maksim Surayev.
Molly Jennis Spaceman (2018), play United States Near Future
Astronaut on solo, corporate-sponsored mission to Mars.[230][231]
Jake Wilson (Commander)
Jill Valentine
Four unnamed crewmembers
2036 Origin Unknown (2018), film United States Planetary Corporation (U.S.P.C.):
Martian One
2030

2036
Six years after Wilson's death in spacecraft crash on Mars, his daughter and an advanced AI attempt to unravel a mystery.[232]
Unnamed astronaut Eleven (2019), short film NASA Near Future
Astronaut leaving on six-year solo mission to Mars says goodbye to his five-year-old daughter.
Orion/Mars mission:
Three unnamed astronauts

DSG:
Two unnamed astronauts
Rendezvous with Mars (2019), short film NASA:
Orion/Space Launch System
DSG
Mars mission
Near Future
Young girl from Bombay grows up to fly to Mars.[233]
Macgregor

Red Team Three:
Charlie Shaw (Commander)
Lewis Staples (Pilot/Number two)
Samantha Ransom (Number three)
Mathias DeClerk (Number four)
James Weston (Number five)
Thalamos (2019), short film ISEA
Zubrin Research Station (ZRS):
M.A.R.S. III (Red Team Three)
Near Future
Shaw becomes separated from his crew 182 days into 18-month stay on Zubrin Research Station in Mars orbit. Macgregor was a member of the previous ZRS crew.
Alexa Brandt (Commander)
Casey Donlin (Pilot)
Rei Tanaka (Flight Engineer)
Katherine Langford (Flight Surgeon)
Jerry Pierson (Mission Specialist)
The Twilight Zone
Six Degrees of Freedom (2019), web series episode
United States (NASA):
Bradbury Heavy Mission
Near Future
The crew of a spacecraft, led by Alexa Brandt, decide to head for the planet Mars after a nuclear war breaks out on Earth. The crew members soon begin to turn on one another, in spite of Brandt's attempts to convince them to come together under times of stress. However, she too begins to break, devastating fellow crew member Katherine Langford. One crewman, Jerry Pierson, goes crazy and starts rambling that they are being watched, but the other crewmen do not believe him. Later on, he is seemingly killed just as the crew successfully land on Mars. It is later revealed that Jerry had been taken away by aliens and that he was correct: aliens have been monitoring the crew trying to determine if they are worth saving and if humanity were better off if his ideas were to happen.
Miller (Commander) (no first name given)
Billy (Co-pilot) (no last name given)
The Edge (2020), short film NASA:
Edge-124
2050
First two astronauts to fly to Mars; meteoroid impact causes them to crash on distant planet. Launch on April 12, 2050.[234]

Notes

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  1. ^ Marsha is omitted in Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women, in which "Marsha" is the code name of Earth control.
  2. ^ The ship corresponding to Sirius can be seen to be named Typhoon in one shot due to the use of stock footage from Nebo Zovyot (q.v.).
  3. ^ Spacecraft marked "JX-1" on hull.
  4. ^ Appears in episode "Mission To Mars"; not the same character as Jim Nichols from "Christmas On the Moon".
  5. ^ Appears in episode "Flight To the Red Planet"; not the same character as Nichols from "Christmas On the Moon" or "Mission To Mars".
  6. ^ Also known as "Chuck".
  7. ^ The book is inconsistent about whether Trasker's middle initial is "H." or "C." Cf. pp. ix and 71.
  8. ^ Also called "Jazzbo" by close friends.
  9. ^ It is not specified whether the astronauts traveled to Mars or conducted survey from Earth orbit.
  10. ^ The plotline is very heavily influenced by The Quatermass Experiment and Who Goes There?
  11. ^ Referred to in the novel as an Astronette, the author's term for a female astronaut.[111]
  12. ^ F.X. Woolf is a pseudonym for authors Howard Engels & Janet Hamilton.
  13. ^ Last name not confirmed; "Odinga" is wife's surname.
  14. ^ Most of the novel is set in 2035, the failed Mars mission happened some years prior to this.
  15. ^ The mission is discussed as a recent event in the clip show The Voice of Reason, which has a contemporary setting.
  16. ^ Not explicitly stated to be an astronaut.
  17. ^ Listed as Max "Bull" Haber in closing credits.
  18. ^ Beaden and his wife married in 2024.
  19. ^ Author Jane Dreyfus is the former Jane Conrad.
  20. ^ Middle name given in film only.
  21. ^ According to Andy Weir on the film's DVD commentary, the Chinese astronaut aboard Ares V is named "Wei".
  22. ^ Dropped from mission to allow Maynard/Grant to return on Ares 5.
  23. ^ Dropped from mission to allow Maynard/Grant to return on Ares 5
  24. ^ Comprises an Orion command module, an Endurance habitation module and an Earth Return Engine.
  25. ^ The date "August 12, 1974" appears on Nicholson's astronaut certificate, but this is apparently a mistake.
  26. ^ Listed as "Lucien Gas [sic] Pascal" in closing credits.
  27. ^ Referred to as both "O'Connor" and "Keaton".

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