Spaceship captures detailed new view of crater used as setting in Matt Damon movie ‘The Martian’

Nypost · Aug 21, 2026 · 251 words · By SWNS

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Spaceship captures detailed new view of crater used as setting in Matt Damon movie ‘The Martian’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google A spaceship appears to fly over the location where an astronaut was stranded in the sci-fi film “The Martian” in new scientific data released this week.

Common ground

A video from the ESA’s Mars Express shows detailed views of the 460 km-wide Schiaparelli Crater.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The site featured in the 2015 feature film, based on Andy Weir’s novel, in which Matt Damon’s astronaut Mark Watney travels there to be rescued.”

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The claim is supported by a web search result linking the crater to the film and Wikipedia entries confirming the film's plot, cast (Matt Damon), and origin (Andy Weir's novel).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andy Weir ( ; born June 16, 1972) is an American novelist. His 2011 novel The Martian was adapted into the 2015 film of the same name. He received the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 201…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Weir

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Martian is a 2011 science fiction debut novel written by Andy Weir. The book was originally self-published on Weir's blog as a serial. In 2014, the book was re-released after Crown Publishing Grou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_(Weir_novel)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Martian is a 2015 science fiction survival film directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Drew Goddard. Based on Andy Weir's 2011 novel, and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film stars Mat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_(film)

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Claim 2: “Although he studied Mercury and Venus, he is best known for his observations of the Red Planet.”

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Both ESA and Britannica confirm that Schiaparelli studied Mercury and Venus but is most famous for his observations of Mars (the Red Planet).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Schiaparelli EDM (Italian: [skjapaˈrɛlli]) was a failed Entry, Descent, and Landing Demonstrator Module (EDM) of the ExoMars programme—a joint mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russia…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiaparelli_EDM

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (14 March 1835 – 4 July 1910) was an Italian astronomer and science historian. Schiaparelli established the Martian system of nomenclature still in use today; before him…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Schiaparelli

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mercury is the first planet from the Sun and the smallest in the Solar System. It is a rocky planet with a trace atmosphere and a surface gravity slightly lower than that of Mars. The surface of Mercu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(planet)

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Claim 3: “Schiaparelli Crater is named after Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835–1910).”

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Wikipedia and official ESA sources confirm the crater is named after Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli and provide his birth and death dates as 1835–1910.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Schiaparelli ( SKAP-ə-REL-ee, SHAP-, US also skee-AHP-, Italian: [skjapaˈrɛlli]) is an impact crater on Mars, located near the planet's equator at latitude 2.7° south and longitude 16.7° east in the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiaparelli_(Martian_crater)

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Claim 4: “ESA said the video was created using Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera Mars Chart data and image mosaics made from multiple observations by the mission’s High Resolution Stereo Camera.”

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The official ESA source explicitly states the film was created using Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera Mars Chart (HMC-30) data and image mosaics from the HRSC.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mars Express is a space exploration mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) exploring the planet Mars and its moons since 2003, and the first planetary mission attempted by ESA. Mars Express consis…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Express

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Claim 5: “The mosaic image has been combined with topography information from the digital terrain model to generate a three-dimensional landscape.”

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The provided evidence for this specific claim consists of irrelevant search results regarding WiFi and mobile network assistance, providing no information about 3D landscapes or digital terrain models.

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Claim 6: “A video from the ESA’s Mars Express shows detailed views of the 460 km-wide Schiaparelli Crater.”

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Multiple independent sources, including the official ESA website and YouTube, confirm that Mars Express released a video showing the Schiaparelli Crater and that it is 460 km wide.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of spacecraft missions (including unsuccessful ones) to the planet Mars, such as orbiters, landers, and rovers. Mission time is often measured in Mars sols, solar days on Mars.
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