Tag: Russia
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Mars Simulation Nearing Completion
I mentioned this mission back when it started, and now it is nearing completion (you may need a New Scientist login to view that article). What I’m talking about is Mars 500, an experiment to test the psychological stresses of long-term spaceflight, such as what would be required on a trip to the Red Planet.  the…
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Simulating Mars
There is a simulation going on in Russia right now, with a team of ‘astronauts’ living in a series of modules designed to resemble a ship flying to Mars. They are stuck together in there for 520 days, about how long it would take to fly to Mars, to test whether 6 random scientists could…