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In 2007, Russia, China and the European Space Agency announced an ambitious psychological isolation experiment – an all-male crew simulation of a 520-day space mission to Mars.
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Members of the Mars 500 experiment who spent 17 months shut away from the world are enjoying their first few days “back on Earth”. Romain Charles told RT what it was like to spend a year and a half in a confined space, simulating space flight.World News - Mock Mars mission ‘returns’ to Earth
The crew of the international “mission” to Mars has finally “returned” to Earth in Moscow, bringing one of the world's most grueling scientific experiments to a close.World News - Mars: Consider yourself at home
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One of the most epic human experiments ever undertaken is coming to an end. After spending nearly 18 consecutive months in a pod in Moscow mimicking a spacecraft traveling to Mars, a six-strong international crew has now “returned to Earth’s orbit.”World News
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