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Above, top to bottom: In the film, journeys to Mars are
made possible through a large spacecraft known as
the Hermes. Unlike the Apollo program, where each
trip to the moon required a separate spacecraft, the
fictional Ares program uses the Hermes, seen here in a
rendering by Gábor Szabó, as a taxi between Earth and
Mars. A production photograph of the flight deck of the
Hermes, a set built on one of the five other stages at
Korda Studios—THE MARTIAN filled the entire studio.
The main hull corridor set was built with multiple
removable sections to accommodate rigging and wire
work. Center, right: The aft end of the Hermes, showing
the craft's spinning gravity wheel, in a 3D model by
Gábor Szabó. Right: The main hull corridor with its
removable panels in place.
