(title ringing)

(radio chattering)

(dramatic music)

(ISS whooshing)

♪ Come on and take a free ride ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Come on and take a free ride ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

- Commander, we are good for pre-flight.

- [Ethan] Roger that.

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

- Standby for final telemetry upload and lock.

Oh, and the crew hope you're enjoying

your send off serenade.

♪ Yeah, yeah, ooh, hoo ♪

- It's perfect, thank you.

- [Sarah] Thought you'd like it.

♪ Take a free ride ♪ - Standby for final checks

and transmission tests.

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

- Five by five, Flight.

Ready to disengage.

- Proceed.

(dramatic music)

You are cleared for initial trust.

- Roger that, moving out, quarter impulse.

- [Sarah] Nerd!

- Card carrying.

And if you don't say make it so,

I'll be very disappointed.

- [Sarah] Noted, Commander.

Please proceed to drive initiation point.

- On my way.

See you soon.

- Ah, he's so fast!

(mellow music)

Someone's excited.

You're looking forward to playing

with your new toy, Commander?

- I am, but maybe don't tell anyone

you call it my toy, honey

They may ask us to cover the trillion-dollar bill.

Hey.

Look at me.

I'm coming back.

I always do.

I wouldn't do this if I thought otherwise.

- You better.

- You can't get rid of me that easy.

(melancholy music)

(engine humming)

Flight, we are green across the board, please confirm.

- [Sarah] Confirmed, Longshot.

- Disengaging interlocks.

Flight, we are a go for FTL burn.

It's now or never.

- [Sarah] God speed, Commander.

See you on the other side.

- Come on Flight, let's hear it, you can do it.

- Fine.

Make it so, Commander.

- [Ethan] There you go.

- [Reporter] The world awaits the test

of the very first faster-than-light propulsion system.

The Longshot is the most advanced spacecraft ever built.

And in it, Commander Kane will travel to Mars.

A journey that, according to NASA,

will take just over three minutes.

- [Ethan] Lighting it up

in three, two, one. (engine whining)

Mark!

(people chattering)

(ethereal music)

(energy crackling)

(spaceship rumbling)

(tense music)

1.25 c.

Spinning down in five.

(spaceship whooshing) (engine whining)

Flight, do you copy?

(Mission Control applauding) - That's right, yes!

- Loud and clear, Commander.

Welcome back to our corner of space-time.

- [Ethan] It's good to be back.

- And this just in!

Commander Kane has arrived at his destination

and is now the first man to travel faster than light.

- Thank God!

- [Reporter] The commander will now launch

an entangled satellite into orbit around Mars

allowing real-time communication

between Earth and Mars Colony One.

(dramatic music)

- Q sat, online.

- [Ethan] All right, let's do this again

before you miss me too much.

- Initiate return sequence.

- [Ethan] Starting FTL spin-up sequence.

- [Sarah] Roger that, Longshot.

(spaceship humming)

- And we are a go across the board, Flight.

- [Sarah] Spin her up, Commander.

(engine whining)

- Flight, it looks like I may have an interlock issue here.

- We're seeing the same thing here.

Let's take a look at diagnostics.

Abort FTL drive start and spin down.

- Roger that.

Spinning down.

(computer beeping)

Flight, we have a problem.

(spaceship whooshing)

(alarm beeping)

(energy crackling) (dramatic music)

Flight, I have lost drive control.

Repeat, I have lost drive control.

I have no nav comm and I am approaching light speed.

- Find him, Comms!

- [Ethan] I am being pulled in to a new vector!

- [Computer] Warning, hull breach.

Warning, hull breach.

Warning, hull breach.

Warning.

(metal groaning) (engine whining)

(spaceship whooshing)

Warning, hull breach.

Warning, hull breach.

Warning.

(ethereal music) (spaceship rumbling)

Warning, hull breach.

Warning, hull breach.

- I need information people, come on!

Where's our bird?

- Gone, I mean gone.

No vector, nothing to track.

We should be able to get him

on Q comm anywhere, but nothing.

- Stand by, we're receiving some new information.

Commander Kane seems to have disappeared.

- Where did Dad go?

- [Reporter] The Longshot was ready to make

the return voyage home

but something seems to have gone wrong.

We will continue to follow the story

and provide updates on any new developments.

(tense music)

- [Computer] Warning, hull breach.

- A first contact.

Okay, way above my pay grade.

- [Computer] Warning, hull breach.

Warning, hull breach. (glass cracking)

Warning, hull breach. (metal groaning)

(sad music) (glass cracking)

(aliens buzzing)

(metal groaning)

(aliens buzzing)

- [Reporter] After almost a day

since his last communication,

the search for Commander Kane continues.

We have reached out for the Commander's family for comment.

We're sure it's been a difficult time for them.

Along with the rest of the world,

we hold out hope for a safe return.

- [Sarah] Nothing more to do today.

Go home.

(radio squelching)

- Uh, Flight?

There's something.

- [Ethan] Control, come in.

- You guys getting this?

- [NavCom] NORAD is reporting an anomaly

approximately 2.4 clicks from ISS.

- Anomaly?

Do we have a visual?

- Coming up.

(dramatic music)

- What is that?

(aliens whizzing)

Can you track?

- I don't.

(air whooshing)

- [Abby] Jack!

Jack!

(aliens buzzing)

- [Jack] Whoa.

(Ethan gasps)

(dramatic music)

Daddy!

- It's me, it's me!

(Abby sobbing)

(sullen music)