I Survived 1 Year Stranded on Mars

At ten past four, Mars time, your lander hits the ground hard. The three ships behind you never land, and that same night Earth stops answering. The way home only opens when the planets line up again, and that's a whole year away. Until then, it's you, a base built by robots, and Commander Sato, who broke her leg in the landing and has to talk you through everything from her bed. Follow one full year on the red planet: the thin, freezing air, the blue sunsets, the poisonous dust, a dust storm that turns noon into night, and a radiation alarm that sends you both behind the water tanks. And then the strange things start. Boot prints in your size walk up to your door, though the wind should have wiped them away. One message finally arrives from Earth, and it makes no sense at all. And on day three hundred and sixty-five, the return ship lands right on time. 0:00 The beginning 0:49 Day 1: The Base 1:47 Day 5: The Window 2:53 Day 20: The Silence 3:41 Day 60: The Tracks 4:39 Day 100: The Dust 5:24 Day 150: The Message 6:10 Day 200: The Storm 7:12 Day 234: The Alarm 7:52 Day 300: The Door 8:32 Day 365: The Ship #mars #space #survival