'Mars': The Epic National Geographic Channel Miniseries in Pictures

Crew on Mars Surface

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The crew on the surface of Mars.

Crew on Mars

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The crew on Mars.

Crew in Suits

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The crew on Mars.

Fire Erupts

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The crew watches as a fire consumes part of their camp.

Sharing a Meal on Mars

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Anamaria Marinca as Marta Kamen the Russian exobiologist and geologist, Sammi Rotibi as Robert Foucault a Nigerian mechanical engineer and roboticist, Jihae as Hana Seung the Korean-American mission pilot and software engineer, Clementine Poidatz as Amelie Durand the French mission physician and biochemist and Alberto Ammann as Javier Delgado the Spanish hydrologist and geochemist.

Anamaria Marinca as Marta Kamen

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Anamaria Marinca as Marta Kamen the Russian exobiologist and geologist.

JiHAE as Joon Seung

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JiHAE as Joon Seung the Korean-American capsule communicator at the International Mars Science Foundation, IMSF.

Olivier Martinez as Ed Grann

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Olivier Martinez as Ed Grann the French CEO of the Mars Mission Corporation at the International Mars Science Foundation, IMSF

A Critical Meeting

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Officials with the International Mars Science Foundation debate whether the Mars colonists should stay or leave after a major accident.

JiHAE as Joon Seung

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JiHAE as Joon Seung the Korean-American capsule communicator.

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Hanneke Weitering is a multimedia journalist in the Pacific Northwest reporting on the future of aviation at FutureFlight.aero and Aviation International News and was previously the Editor for Spaceflight and Astronomy news here at Space.com. As an editor with over 10 years of experience in science journalism she has previously written for Scholastic Classroom Magazines, MedPage Today and The Joint Institute for Computational Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After studying physics at the University of Tennessee in her hometown of Knoxville, she earned her graduate degree in Science, Health and Environmental Reporting (SHERP) from New York University. Hanneke joined the Space.com team in 2016 as a staff writer and producer, covering topics including spaceflight and astronomy. She currently lives in Seattle, home of the Space Needle, with her cat and two snakes. In her spare time, Hanneke enjoys exploring the Rocky Mountains, basking in nature and looking for dark skies to gaze at the cosmos.