The science fiction story “The Morning Star” by K. Volkov tells about the preparation and conduct of a scientific expedition of Soviet scientists to the planet Venus, about the exceptional adventures they experienced, about their courage and resourcefulness, which allowed them to find a way out of the most hopeless and tragic circumstances.“ Mars Awakens" is a continuation of the story "The Morning Star", which told about the journey of the first Soviet interplanetary expedition to Venus, led by Academician Yakhontov and his assistants, the Odintsovs. Now, in a high-altitude Tibetan observatory, a young Chinese scientist is using a powerful telescope to receive a mysterious signal from Mars, as a result of which another expedition was organized - a new space journey to another neighbor of our planet. Lines from the TASS report: “The Soviet government recognized the need to take retaliatory steps and send a group of scientists to Mars for the purpose of scientific research and establishing communications between the planets.” Four Soviet scientists (Yakhontov and Odintsov), a Chinese man and a beautiful Indian woman named Indira visited Phobos, where they found the remains of a Martian ship, and then on the Red Planet itself they discovered an ancient intelligent civilization led by cruel overlords. And, naturally, the Soviet people easily solve all the problems of the oppressed Martian people - revolution and the overthrow of the tyrannical government. The Morning Star (1957)Mars Awakens (1961)