In "The Martian", Matt Damon plays astronaut and botanist Mark Watney, who is abandoned on Mars and has to figure scientific ways to survive the harsh Martian climate until he can be rescued.

Set in the near future, "The Martian" tells the story of a botanist named Dr. Mark Watney (Matt Damon) who went on a mission to Mars with a team of other astronaut researchers. When a storm hit ...

Martian dust storms rank among the ... the resourcefulness of the novel’s Mark Watney --- the stranded NASA astronaut played by Matt Damon in the film, sometimes stretches credulity.