Away’ fejrer de utrolige fremskridt mennesker kan opnå og skildrer de personlige ofre, der skal til undervejs. Mens den amerikanske astronaut Emma Green (Hilary Swank) forbereder sig på at lede en international besætning på den første mission til Mars, forsøger hun at forene sig med sin beslutning om at efterlade sin mand (Josh Charles) og teenagedatter (Talitha Bateman), på et tidspunkt hvor de har allermest brug for hende.

Efterhånden som besætningens rejse ud i det store rum intensiveres, bliver de personlige dynamikker og konsekvenserne af at være væk fra deres kære tilbage på Jorden mere og mere komplicerede.

Serien er et bevis på, at vi nogle gange må forlade hjemmet for at nå stjernerne.

The maiden crew of the Daedalus spacecraft must push itself to the brink of human capability in order to successfully establish the first sustainable colony on Mars. Set both in the future and in the present day, this series blends scripted elements set in the future with documentary vérité interviews with today’s best and brightest minds in modern science and innovation, illuminating how research and development is creating the space technology that will enable our first attempt at a mission to Mars.

The first manned mission to Mars is now approaching the red planet. The crew includes top-flight scientists and a young female psychiatrist, responsible for their mental health. But just as they are about to land, something goes wrong.

The life of Prince John, youngest child of Britain's King George V and Queen Mary, who died at the age of 13 in 1919.