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Chapter 2 - The Journey

16 July 2032

It's been a day since the brave astronauts informed NASA about what happened, and any reply was yet to come. The life support system could only last them nine more hours without any fixes to the solar panel after which they would die. It was five hours before the life support system stopped when they received a message from NASA to fix the solar panels and more importantly, how to fix it. The repair needed two people the chosen ones were Tim and Sandro they wore their Spacesuit and went out what they saw was glorious, the view of space the vast emptiness and the blackness but mainly the look of the sun and their home, the Earth was heavenly to them. Trying not to get distracted by the beauty of what could kill them in ninety seconds, they continued with the repair; after The restoration was completed, they reported it to NASA, and everyone at NASA rose up with joy.

8 March 2033

The Astronauts were approaching Mars, and it was their day of arrival they were about to head down through the Martian atmosphere but being safe, they decided to check everything, and when reviewing, they found out that the system that automatically initiated the heat shield was malfunctioning. A quick repair was done, and the astronauts were ready to land on Mars, the spaceship went through the Martian atmosphere and landed on the surface without any problems. As soon as they landed, they went into their HAB and pressurized it and went on to have a nice lunch after lunch the astronauts went out for some testing and bringing samples to the lab but when they went out, what they saw was terrifying a huge dust storm one that could cover the whole planet was approaching them.