"The Martian" star Matt Damon, director Ridley Scott and Andy Weir, who wrote the book on which the movie is based, visited NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, on Aug. 18.

Much of this heavy gear -- which will consist of human habitat modules and other infrastructure -- must make it down to the Martian surface. That's a tall order, since the 1-ton Curiosity rover ...

In "The Martian," astronaut Mark Watney uses NASA's old Mars Pathfinder lander and Sojourner to phone home to Earth. Here's what the movie gets right.

NASA is praying The Martian will last a lot longer than that in theaters. Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the Mars 2020 mission will be manned. It will be an ...

NASA scientists and engineers were technical consultants on the big new space movie "The Martian" coming to screens Oct. 2, and they are proud of how realistically the movie portrays a Mars mission.

Project Hail Mary" stars Ryan Gosling as an underqualified astronaut trying to save humanity, and I'm sold after watching ...

Many people watching the Ridley Scott film The Martian in theaters have been struck by the scope and immediacy of the world of hero Mark Watney. Some executives at 20th Century Fox, though, had a ...

Andy Weir's sci-fi books are practically built to be turned into movies, especially in the hands of great writers and ...

There are countless movies based on novels, but many changes have been made when adapting these stories for live-action.