Mars 500: Dry run to the Red Planet
The Mars 500 mission simulates a round trip to the Red Planet, without stepping foot off Earth. Almost a year and a half ago, six men entered the windowless isolation chamber at the Russian Institute for Biomedical Problems in Moscow. Since then, they have mimicked various stages of a Mars mission. On 4 November, they are due to come out.
Read more about the challenges of the journey, the excitement of the simulated Mars landing and how the ground crew is helping the inmates survive the experience.
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