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The season 1 finale of Netflix's hit TV series saw the Atlas crew complete the first half of their mission but with significant complications.

WARNING: The following contains SPOILERS for Away,season 1.

The Netflix Original TV showAwayends with a twist forRussian cosmonautMishaPopov and the situation is likely to get worse as the Atlas crew continues their mission on Mars in season 2.Awaystars Hillary Swank as Emma Green, the NASA astronaut leading humankind's first manned mission to Mars. Emma must lead her international team through multiple challenges during the 3-year trip; one such challenge is the revelation that Misha, the ship's most veteran crew member and an engineer, is rapidly loosing his ability to see.

While Netflix hasn't officially orderedAwayseason 2 yet, viewers can expect a renewal based on the show's enduring popularity.Awayis a drama series that premiered on the streaming platform on September 4, 2020. Since its debut, the show has gained a strong following online, and quickly rose to the top of Netflix's Top 10 charts.

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TheAwayseason 1 finale gave the Atlas crew a much-needed win after 10 episodes of drama, tension, and general adversity. The first half of their journey was fraught with challenges even before the mission began in earnest, Emma was faced with the impossibly-difficult decision of choosing between completing her life's ambition and being present for her family during her husband's medical crisis. Realizing that staying behind would ultimately do more harm than good, she chose to proceed with the mission as planned a decision she grappled with throughout season 1. Like Emma, Misha too faced familial difficulties, but unlike his captain, his career pursuits resulted in him becoming estranged from his daughter. To add salt to the wound, season 1 gradually revealed another unfortunate ramification of his extended bouts in space: Misha has developed space blindness.

Awaymay be a fictional show, but it's based on real science. Nasahas admittedthat deep space travel may cause blindness or visual impairment in astronauts. Astudypublished in 2012 found evidence of eyeball deformities in astronauts who had been in space, and posited that that the microgravity astronauts are exposed to on long-duration missions can cause permanent changes to the optic nerve region in other words, the pressure from space flight gradually flattens the back of the eye, which in turn makes one increasingly far-sighted. This is what happens to Misha in Awayseason 1, who at one point tells fellow astronautVivian Wu that he can no longer see her face, describing it as "like an out-of-focus painting." Given that he is an engineer and previously was responsible for fixing complex machinery, his inability to seeobjectsat a close range is a significant hurdle.

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