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211:, whose death in this story was staged in order to maintained the secrecy of the Martian mission. Landing on Mars, the Americans locate the Soviet base and encounter two surviving members of the Soviet mission named Vladimir and Borislav, who claim that Gagarin went insane and has retreated inside a glacial cave. 223:
in a gas explosion that consumes the Martian module. The other astronauts do not believe Helen's account that she encountered Gagarin. After months traveling back to Earth, the American astronauts discover that the Earth has seemingly disappeared. Meanwhile, NASA loses contact with the astronauts' shuttle.
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and claims that the lost cosmonauts and astronauts have merged into the universe's consciousness. The American astronauts later discover the remains of Gagarin, leading them to believe that the other cosmonauts killed him. They attempt to subdue and sedate the cosmonauts who fight back and are killed
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Helen and Aleksa awake after 70 years of cryogenic sleep to discover that fellow astronauts Konrad and Kurt have perished while Alex has disappeared. They find that their shuttle has docked with an abandoned gigantic alien ship. While exploring the alien ship, Helen watches recordings sent by Roger.
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continuum. The pair are also attacked by an elderly and deranged Alex, who has spent the past decades cobbling together an escape craft to return to Earth. Determined to return to Earth, Alex attacks Helen and Aleksa but is shot dead by Aleksa. Aleksa's bullet releases poisonous gas. Aleksa
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to investigate the "true" fate of the Apollo 11 mission. On the Moon, Helen, Konrad and Aleksa discover the remains of Armstrong and Aldrin, who inexplicably did not return to Earth, adding to the mystery. Meanwhile, Kurt and Alex encounter another reentry capsule containing the remains of
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In the Sofia subplot, Helen leaves Sofia in the care of her NASA colleague Robert Conway. A resentful Sofia runs away from home before being returned to Robert's care by the authorities. Following Helen and her team's disappearance, Sofia runs away again to the dismay of Robert.
204:. The shuttle is crewed by fellow astronauts Paul and Mark. The latter perishes during a solar storm while the former is driven insane. The astronauts are briefed by the Department of Defense about a lost Soviet mission to Mars led by 190:. The astronauts also intercept mysterious radio signals from a lost Soviet crewed mission to Mars. In a subplot, Helen's ten-year-old daughter Sofia Freedman resents her mother's absences and thinks that she is neglecting her. 166:, both claiming to have no knowledge of how they arrived in the future or why history records their successful return to Earth in 1969. The astronaut Helen Freedman, who has been tapped for a 262:, having been inspired by her astronaut mother. While gazing at the stars, Helen hopes to reassure her daughter that she never really left her. 181:
Helen accompanies a team of astronauts consisting of Mission Commander Konrad, Aleksa, Alex, and Kurt to the Moon on a mission sponsored by the
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Reflecting on the Uncertainty principle, Helen comes to believe that the various space missions have disrupted the
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and the US military can question the men further, Armstrong and Aldrin die from rapid aging.
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Helen learns that her daughter Sofia became the first female astronaut to leave the
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sacrifices himself so that Helen can return to Earth and reunite with her daughter.
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Continuing their mission to Mars, the American astronauts enter into
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translated into English the series, in the following volumes:
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series written by Richard Marazano and illustrated by
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Helen encounters the insane Gagarin, who talks about
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Best Album Award in 2007 Lyon's comic's convention.
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Publisher
Dargaud
Cinebook
Science fiction
French comics
Jean-Michel Ponzio
Dargaud
Apollo 11
reentry capsule
Indian Ocean
US Navy
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
crewed mission
Mars
NASA
Department of Defense
Michael Collins
cryogenic sleep
cosmonaut
Yuri Gagarin
Werner Heisenberg
Uncertainty principle
spacetime
time dilation
Arctic Circle
Seminole, Florida
Solar System
Cinebook Ltd

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