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Mars500 – the first full-length, high-fidelity simulation of a human mission to Mars08 November 2011

Mars500 – the first full-length, high-fidelity simulation of a human mission to Mars08 November 2011 European Mars500 crewmember did a tour in Paris, Rome and Madrid in 5-7 December to meet press and selected twitter users.Read here all tweets from the 'Mars500tweetup' and look at a photo gallery with images from the hatch opening on 4 November and...

Life after Mars18 April 2012

Life after Mars18 April 2012 Seventeen months of isolation on a simulated trip to Mars came to an end five months ago. Their mission was over and they breathed fresh air again. What have ESA ‘marsonauts’ Diego Urbina and Romain Charles been doing since they left their ‘spacecraft’?

Welcome back and thank you, Mars50004 November 2011

Welcome back and thank you, Mars50004 November 2011 The record-breaking simulated mission to Mars has ended with smiling faces after 17 months. Mars500’s six brave volunteers stepped out of their ‘spacecraft’ today to be welcomed by the waiting scientists – happy that the venture had worked even better...

Mars500 crew prepare to open the hatch28 October 2011

Mars500 crew prepare to open the hatch28 October 2011 The 520 days of isolation for the Mars500 crew will end on 4 November, when the hatch of their ‘spacecraft’ is opened for the first time since June last year. Scientists eagerly await the final samples as the crew count the hours to liberty.

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