ESA - Mars500

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Oliver Knickel Cyrille Fournier Arc'hanmael Gaillard Cedric Mabilotte

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Volunteers wanted for simulated 520-day Mars mission

20 October 2009 Starting in 2010, an international crew of six will simulate a 520-day round-trip to Mars, including a 30-day stay on the martian surface. In reality, they will live and work in a sealed facility in Moscow, Russia, to investigate the psychological and medical aspects of a long-duration space mission. ESA is looking for European volunteers to take part.

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Press conference after completion 105-day Mars500 study

Mission accomplished: 105-day Mars mission simulation ends in Moscow

14 July 2009 A crew of six today completed their simulated Mars mission after leaving a special isolation facility in Moscow, Russia, for the first time in 105 days. Their mission is part of the Mars500 programme that will help us to understand the psychological and medical aspects of long spaceflights.

Oliver packs his bag at the end of the 105-day study

Mars500 diary: The end is close

14 July 2009 With the 105-day Mars mission simulation due to end at 12:00 CEST today, ESA-selected Mars500 crewmember Oliver Knickel reflects on the past three months in his last diary entry from inside the special isolation facility at the Institute of Biomedical Problems in Moscow, Russia.

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