WhenTroyHollowaywakesuptofindhimselftrappedaboardadriftingescapepodshootingtowardstheSunhequicklyrealisesthetrueterrorofhissituation.Withrapidoxygendepletionandaburn-uprateof90minutes,CommanderRobertsleadsarescuepartytosaveHollowaybeforetimerunsout.Havingrecentlylosthissonandnowconfrontedbyhisimmediateend,Hollowayfeelslessenthusiasticaboutsurvival.ButRoberts,speakingtohimonlythroughaweakradiotransmission,isdeterminedtosavehislife,andbothsoonlearnthatthelivestheyhavebothlivedinfluenceeachotherinunexpectedways.
