- For other uses, see Ares.
Ares V was humanity's fifth manned mission to Mars. It utilized a spacecraft named Theseus. (Star Trek Adventures module: Core Rulebook)
History and specifics[]
Under the direction of the International Space Agency and NASA, it was supposed to be the second part of a multi-stage plan to establish the first permanent Martian colony. Instead, in the year 2032, Ares V became a rescue mission to recover Ares IV mission specialists, Rose Kumagawa and Andrei Novakovich, from the planet's surface after their orbiting command module was lost. It was scheduled to reach Mars five days (10 November 2032) after the loss of the Ares IV Command module. (Star Trek Magazine Issue 162: "Blast Off!", Star Trek Adventures module: Core Rulebook)