Season 1
2007 | 2 Episodes
In the year 2030, the race to be the first to reach the Red Planet is on - and China is leading the way. China has stunned the world by leapfrogging over America's long-term plans and has landed a series of advanced rovers and robotic landers in their quest to make the most important discovery in history - extraterrestrial life on Mars. Once again, America and its partners, including Canada, are thrust into a winner-take-all space race - but the stakes are higher than the race to the Moon nearly seven decades earlier. The international team accelerates its plans - when China prepares to send its final wave of rovers, this consortium will surge ahead and at last launch a human crew. Six extraordinary individuals from Canada, the United States, Russia, France and Japan are selected for this gruelling two-year mission. These four men and two women must work together as a team, rise above their secret fears and struggle with the sacrifice of leaving friends and family behind. Training and determination will get them only so far, and when this crew sets out on humanity's first expedition to another world, nothing can prepare them for the unexpected danger and staggering wonder of what they will experience.
Country: Canada
Type: scripted
Status: Ended
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2007
Also Known As: Race to Mars, Erster auf dem MarsÀ la conquête de Mars, Mars-expedíció | See more »
Production Co: ARTE, Galafilm Productions
2007 | 2 Episodes
Nominee
Gemini
Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series
Nominee
Winner
Gemini
Best Cross Platform Project
Nominee
VES Award
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie, or Special