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  • Mars Rising The Human Factor (Season 1, Episode 4)
  • TV Episode | 46 min | Documentary

Mars Rising

The Human Factor (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | 46 min | Documentary

The mental toll on astronauts embarking on a three-year Mars mission, including mental breakdown, sexual tension, suicide and mutiny, is examined. William Shatner narrates.
Writers
Jon Kalina (documentary script) | Gary Lang
Status
Edit Released
Updated Oct 21, 2007

Release date
Oct 21, 2007 (United States)
Awards
Series awards
2 nominations

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58 cast members
Name Known for
Julie Payette
Self - Astronaut Self - Astronaut   See fewer
Yanick Bousquet
Astronaut #1 Astronaut #1   See fewer
Patricia Santy
Self - NASA (as Dr. Patricia Santy) Self - NASA (as Dr. Patricia Santy)   See fewer
Sergei Volkov
Self - Cosmonaut Self - Cosmonaut   See fewer
Roman Romanenko
Self - Cosmonaut Self - Cosmonaut   See fewer
Valeri Polyakov
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Lisa Marie Nowak
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Sharyn Alfonsi
Self - Reporter (archive footage) Self - Reporter (archive footage)   See fewer
Shana Dale
Self - NASA Self - NASA   See fewer
Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova
Self (as Elena Kondkova) Self (as Elena Kondkova)   See fewer
Raye Kass
Self (as Dr. Raye Kass) Self (as Dr. Raye Kass)   See fewer
Ernest Shackleton
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Jean Lemire
Self - Antarctic Mission Self - Antarctic Mission   See fewer
Jeff Davis
Self (as Dr. Jeff Davis) Self (as Dr. Jeff Davis)   See fewer
Valentin Lebedev
Self - Cosmonaut (archive footage) Self - Cosmonaut (archive footage)   See fewer
Michael P. Anderson
Self - STS 107 (archive footage) Self - STS 107 (archive footage)   See fewer
Lothaire Bluteau
Race to Mars Race to Mars   See fewer
David Brown
Self - STS 107 (archive footage) Self - STS 107 (archive footage)   See fewer
Scott Carpenter
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Kalpana Chawla
Self - STS 107 (archive footage) Self - STS 107 (archive footage)   See fewer
Laurel Clark
Self - STS 107 (archive footage) Self - STS 107 (archive footage)   See fewer
Gordon Cooper
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Claudia Ferri
Race to Mars Race to Mars   See fewer
John Glenn
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Macha Grenon
Race to Mars Race to Mars   See fewer
Gus Grissom
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Rick Husband
Self - STS 107 (archive footage) Self - STS 107 (archive footage)   See fewer
Ron Lea
Race to Mars Race to Mars   See fewer
Willie McCool
Self - STS 107 (archive footage) Self - STS 107 (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert Naylor
Adam Erwin Adam Erwin   See fewer
Monique Phillips
Mars Rising Mars Rising   See fewer
Ilan Ramon
Self - STS 107 (archive footage) Self - STS 107 (archive footage)   See fewer
Michael Riley
Rick Erwin Rick Erwin   See fewer
Wally Schirra
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
William Shatner
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
Alan Shepard
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Deke Slayton
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Russell Yuen
Mars Rising Mars Rising   See fewer
John Aaron
Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited)   See fewer
Fred Haise
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Gene Kranz
Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited)   See fewer
James Lovell
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Jack Swigert
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
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