A thirteen-year-old space fanatic's day is made when he meets his astronaut role model, but he soon learns that his hero is not who he thought.

Children on the planet Venus eagerly wait for the sun to shine for the first time in years, but when the one child who actually remembers sunlight tries to insist the event will happen, the other children turn on her.

An aging astronaut must make an impossible decision- fly her last mission, or remain at home for her dying husband's final days.

In 2077, woman works at a hotel that will host two crew members departing for Mars, opening up memories of her mother’s past work analyzing a radioactive spaceship crash site, consequences of which were now impairing her health. This also renews questions about who this young woman’s father is, leading her on a quest through the past.

A woman awaits her husband’s return from a space expedition to Mars, and struggles with his condition when he comes back living minutes ahead of Earth time.

After her mother's tragic death in Nigeria, a Nigerian-Martian refugee must decide whether or not to support her younger sister's desires to return to their homeland.

The first man to walk on Mars recounts a trip with a strange alien companion across the planet to his disbelieving crew.

An older Indian man recounts his story of "alien" encounters on Mars during Saturday tea.

A cloned teenage girl living on the moon must come to terms with her predetermined job, husband, and future.

In the far future, a Welsh woman temporarily moves to a space colony on a distant planet with her husband, Owen. The woman regals her space-born daughter with tales of the wonders of Earth, and her daughter develops a great longing for Earth that eventually puts her life at risk.