A Girl and An Astronaut Ending Explained: Do Niko and Marta Meet Again? Why Did the Mission Fail?
Directed by Bartek Prokopowicz, A Girl and An Astronaut is a Polish Netflix series that follows Nikodem, an astronaut who reappears 30 years after a major operation failed. His return reignites an old love and piques the interest of a corporation determined to find out why he hasn’t aged. In 2052, the SkyCom capsule re-enters orbit, altering the life of Marta, who in 2022 met two ambitious pilots, Nikodem and Bogdan. They are both interested in her, but the young DJ falls in love with Niko, she even planned to marry him before the explosion.
However, after the death of her fiancé, she found comfort in Bogdan, whom she later married and has a teenage daughter. Although Marta has a family for Niko, who is miraculously alive, it’s only been a few days, so her feelings haven’t changed. How does Martha feel?
A Girl and an Astronaut: The Story Plot
In 2022, Nikodem (Jędrzej Hycnar) and Bogdan (Jakub Sasak) are F-16 pilots and best friends. But their bond will be tested when they meet Marta (Vanessa Alexander) and they begin a personal and professional competition to see which of them will fly into space as part of a Russian test. It will be Niko who wins this honor which, however, will have unexpected consequences for all three protagonists when, due to a malfunction, Niko gets lost in space. Parallel to these events, we move to 2025 when, thirty years later, Magda and Bodan are married, after Niko has precisely disappeared during the space mission. He was rumored to be dead, but the capsule with him on board is found by the Russians, who were also co-organizers of the whole affair.
The narration of A Girl and An Astronaut, therefore, moves on two levels, whose contrast on an emotional and temporal level is – all too much – highlighted. The past is cited by bright colors, and it is a selection of moments in which the protagonists are shown to us happy, full of energy, and carefree. The present is, on the contrary, painted in gray and opaque colors. Despite the discovery of new technologies and the development of artificial intelligence that makes life easier, the characters are not happy at all. how constantly checked and dissatisfied. They can’t enjoy the present life and can’t help but think back to their colorful past.
A Girl and An Astronaut Ending Explained
Meanwhile, Nadia, the granddaughter of the scientist in charge of the mission, learns that the purpose of the experiment was to use Niko’s enhanced stem cells to cure her, so she tries to bring Niko out of hibernation, but runs into some obstacles. The Polish government wants to get their citizen back, and the FSB wants to run experiments. Also, Nadia fears that Sergey will betray her, so when she manages to wake Niko up, thanks to Marta’s help, she hides him in a submarine. But the protagonist of A Girl and An Astronaut Take advantage of an oversight by the scientist to escape and search for his beloved.
The original plan was to have Niko sub-hibernate for 24 hours in space and be able to use his cells to cure diseases like Nadia’s. Although the first mission goes well, during the secret experiment, the astronaut feels that he is drowning, messes with the controls, and changes the hibernation time to 30 years. In addition, he activates stealth technology, making it impossible for the scientists and experimenters to locate him, so they announce that there was an explosion and that Niko died.
Do Niko and Marta Meet Again?
The FSB is still looking for him, but Niko manages to contact Marta undetected and the two meet again after 30 years. Even though the dance instructor tries to explain the reasons why they can’t be together anymore, the astronaut insists, and she can’t deny that she still loves him. While the FSB uses drones to track down Niko, Nadia finds a USB with information about her grandfather’s investigation and gives it to JJ to decrypt. But her henchman works for the FSB and delivers the flash drive.
When the FSB discovers that the investigation of Nadia’s grandfather failed, they order Niko to be killed. While the protagonists of A Girl and An Astronaut revive their love, JJ finds them and tries to kill the astronaut, but Nadia arrives just in time to stop him. Whom does Marta stay with? At the end of the Polish Netflix series, Marta leaves leaving a note where she explains that she is no longer the same woman, that she has changed a lot, and that she chooses herself.
