"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 ...

Aziz Ansari could have been in the hit movie of the fall, but he passed on it because, he said, he thought the movie would be “boring.” “I was … asked to audition for a part in ‘The ...

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.

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.

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 ...

‘The Martian’ Is An Oddly Fun Movie About Being Hopelessly Stranded On A Death Planet. Mike Ryan Senior Entertainment Writer Twitter. September 11, 2015.

Snarky Martian. They didn’t add Watney’s bleep-yous to NASA to make him more interesting in the movie; he’s plenty sassy right out of the gate in the book, which literally opens with him ...

The Martian, Ridley Scott's latest science fiction film and the best movie he's directed in years, is a faithful adaptation of the novel by Andy Weir. It's one of the best space movies I've seen ...

★★★★★ Buckle up, boys and girls: science is sexy again. Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, Jessica Chastain, Kate Mara, Donald Glover and Jeff Daniels star in Ridley Scott’s latest star-studded space adventure ...