"The Martian" — last ... we chatted with NASA Head of Planetary Science Jim Green, who was a consultant on the film, about just how much science the movie gets right. "What Andy did is kind ...

Leroy Chiao, former NASA astronaut and commander of the International Space Station, pointed out a more specific example in an op-ed for Space.com: The movie ... I’m not talking about physical ...

The space agency will provide a broadcast update on the marquee mission that is intended to recover samples of Martian rock ...

It’s been 6 years since the hacker’s treat of a book, “The Martian” by Andy Weir, was self-published, and 2 years since the movie came out ... find Pathfinder, a NASA Mars lander whose ...

So the movie is missing a few critical scenes, but it's still pretty true to the book (and full of science).

The Martian author Andy Weir on the blockbuster film: 'It was all my dreams coming true' The Martian is a comedy? Box office report: 'Our Brand Is Crisis,' 'Burnt,' 'Scouts Guide To The Zombie ...

Millions of miles away, NASA and a team of international scientists work tirelessly to bring "the Martian" home, while his crewmates concurrently plot a daring, if not impossible, rescue mission.

NASA's Mars helicopter proved so successful ... Flying on Mars is daunting. The Martian atmosphere is quite thin, with a volume about one percent of Earth's. This makes it difficult to generate ...