The space drama Away follows the first manned mission to Mars, led by American Commander Emma Green . While centered on a high-stakes three-year journey, the series functions primarily as an emotional family drama, balancing the crew's technical crises in space with the personal lives of their families back on Earth. The Mission and the Crew
A commander torn between her duty and her family.
A veteran cosmonaut who initially doubts Emma's leadership.
The crew faces a series of life-threatening obstacles throughout the first season: Away Recap: A Very Faint and Dangerous Hope - Vulture
The crew's second-in-command and medical officer.
Back home, Emma’s husband , a NASA engineer who was grounded due to a medical condition, suffers a life-altering stroke shortly after the mission begins. This leaves their teenage daughter, Lex , to care for him while grappling with her mother's absence and her own fear of inheriting her father's genetic condition. Emma nearly abandons the mission to return to them, but Matt insists she continues. Struggles in Space
The mission, known as the , launches from the Moon with an international crew:
A botanist tasked with growing the first life on Mars. Conflict on Earth