The original series from Beau Willimon (“House of Cards”) stars Sean Penn as astronaut Tom Hagerty, part of the first manned mission to visit Mars. Led by visionary Laz Ingram (Natascha McElhone), the crew must deal with the psychological and physical toll of their pioneering mission to space.

“Every human being who ever was lived out their lives on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam,” says Penn’s character, paraphrasing astronomer Carl Sagan.

Shots of the team preparing for their adventure are interspersed with a few images of the otherworldly skies. But “Any time people venture into the unknown, there is a cost”, ends the teaser.

LisaGay Hamilton, Hannah Ware, Keiko Agena, Rey Lucas, James Ransone, Anna Jacoby-Heron, Brian Lee Franklin, and Oded Fehr also star.

“The First” is a co-production between Hulu and the UK’s Channel 4. It will premiere Friday, September 14, 2018, on Hulu.