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A huge alien object has entered the solar system and is now poised above the Earth. It has made no attempt to communicate. Out of time and options, NASA turns to its last living astronaut - Commander Sally Jansen, who must lead a new team in an old spacecraft to discover the object's purpose and hopefully make First Contact. But as the object reveals its secrets, what started as a mission of discovery becomes a struggle for survival - not just for Jansen's team, but for the whole of humanity.

Der neue Science-Fiction-Thriller von Andy Weir, dem Autor des Weltbestsellers "Der Marsianer". Als Ryland Grace erwacht, muss er feststellen, dass er ganz allein ist. Er ist anscheinend der einzige Überlebende einer Raumfahrtmission, Millionen Kilometer von zu Hause entfernt, auf einem Flug ins Tau-Ceti-Sternsystem. Aber was erwartet ihn dort? Und warum sind alle anderen Besatzungsmitglieder tot? Nach und nach dämmert es Grace, dass von seinem Überleben nicht nur die Mission, sondern die Zukunft der gesamten Erdbevölkerung abhängt.

As the human population fades away, one man decides to spend the rest of his life amongst the stars. He isn't trying to escape the extinction. He's trying to get away from something else.

A poisoned man dreams of astronauts.

Der neue Science-Fiction-Thriller von Andy Weir, dem Autor des Weltbestsellers "Der Marsianer". Als Ryland Grace erwacht, muss er feststellen, dass er ganz allein ist. Er ist anscheinend der einzige Überlebende einer Raumfahrtmission, Millionen Kilometer von zu Hause entfernt, auf einem Flug ins Tau-Ceti-Sternsystem. Aber was erwartet ihn dort? Und warum sind alle anderen Besatzungsmitglieder tot? Nach und nach dämmert es Grace, dass von seinem Überleben nicht nur die Mission, sondern die Zukunft der gesamten Erdbevölkerung abhängt.

RJ is an experienced astronaut. He's a veteran of several deep-space expeditions into the unknown, so he's ready for anything the universe might throw at him. Or, so he thinks. When their brand-new state-of-the-art starship suddenly begins to fail, RJ is left alone to save the mission from utter failure as the rest of the crew abandons ship. But once they're all gone, RJ finds himself alone with...something that wants to know him in ways he's not entirely sure about.

As the engines roared to life, a sense of exhilaration mingled with trepidation washed over the crew of the starship Endurance. The departure from Earth had been meticulously planned, yet no amount of preparation could quell the gnawing anxiety that gripped them. They were leaving behind the familiar, the safe, and plunging into the abyss of the unknown. The mission was clear: explore the uncharted expanse of the Zeta Quadrant, but whispers of an ominous past enveloped their objective. They had heard the tales of vanished crews and derelict vessels, but those were merely stories, right?

The space program has finally lost its novelty, and a jaded public hardly notices another moon launch. Skilful PR men preserve the illusion that the missions have become routine. But astronaut Richard Martin can tell a different story. Of panic in deep space, of crewmen pushed beyond breaking point, of official indifference towards his own shattered life. Martin is effectively put under wraps - until the pilot of a moon capsule, loaded with nuclear weaponry goes berserk and a nightmare develops, threatening to engulf the world - a nightmare that only Martin could end.

What if fictional spacecraft existed in real life? Would they keep us alive? We armchair astronauts launch wild theories based on nothing but movies, shows, games, books, and Internet “research”. It's our job to decide if we would actually board these beautiful death traps or not. Join us to countdown ridiculous, risky, and realistic spacecraft just for fun. Houston, what could go wrong?