Mars had once again draped itself in a blanket of tranquility after the fury of the storm, and for a few precious days, life at Barsoom settled into a routine that offered us a false sense of security. Our focus…

In the vast expanse of red and endless silence, a world away from the blue cradle of Earth, lies our settlement called Barsoom. Life here on Mars had become an experiment in existential perseverance, an odyssey led by just five…