
Watney pulls it out and then staples the wound shut. Hes also been impaled by an antenna in his abdomen. His oxygen is depleting rapidly, so he makes his way back to the habitat station. Watney wakes up on Mars on what is Sol 21 (mission day) after the storm has long passed. They head back into the vessel without Watney and fly back into space.īack on Earth, Director of NASA Teddy Sanders (Jeff Daniels) holds a press conference to state that while the Hermes crew succeeded in their mission, Watney was lost, and he is declared dead. Lewis tries to guide the others to find Watney, but the storm is way too strong for them to keep going. A piece of debris breaks off and strikes Watney, knocking him out of sight from the crew. The crew heads out in their suits as heavy winds and sand gusts him them. Choosing to go on with their mission, Watney opts to wait it out. The crew learns that an intense storm is about to pass through. The Hermes crew - led by Commander Melissa Lewis (Jessica Chastain), along with Mark Watney (Matt Damon), Beth Johanssen (Kate Mara), Rick Martinez (Michael Pena), Chris Beck (Sebastian Stan), and Alex Vogel (Aksel Hennie) - are gathering their samples before re-entering their vessel. The film starts on Acidalia Planitia, the landing site of the shuttle Ares III on Mars.
