The series consists of six episodes that look at the challenges, the obstacles, the fears and the successes of a manned mission to Mars. The series features co-operation with international space agencies including NASA, ESA and Canadian Space Agency, and many experts such as James Garvin, Paul Delaney and Buzz Aldrin. Mars Rising includes critical subjects: spaceship design, possible trajectories, rocket fuel, finding new life forms, new thoughts on astronaut selection and training, space suit engineering, medical training for deep space, blasting through Mars'atmosphere, life support systems and robotics.