Six weeks ago, Elena Markova could barely walk on Mars. Now, she was part of a maintenance crew deep inside the Vostok Outpost mines. But fitting in wasn’t enough at Vostok. You had to survive, too.

As Vostok Station nears collapse, Major Ivanov records a final message to Earth. A haunting moment from The Mars Chronicles, Sol 33, Mars Year 74.

Discover the true cause behind the collapse of the Martian Vostok Station. A deadly mix of aging infrastructure and relentless dust storms turned a greenhouse lifeline into a death trap. Explore the science behind the fiction.

Building a stable human presence on Mars isn’t just science fiction anymore—it’s a complex engineering and survival challenge that requires

The story begins in the silence before chaos. Read the first scene from Icarus as the Vostok outpost faces its last sunrise.