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Mars500 diary: birthday celebration

19 May 2009

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The crew helps Oliver to celebrate his 29th birthday

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The Mars500 crew helps ESA-selected crewmember Oliver Knickel celebrate his 29th birthday inside the isolation facility in Moscow, Russia.

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Russian Mars500 crewmember Alexei Baranov, a doctor, collects blood samples from the crew for numerous scientists every two weeks.

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ESA-selected crewmember Cyrille Fournier with two of the balloons used to decorate the Mars500 module to celebrate fellow crewmember Oliver Knickel's 29th birthday.

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ESA-selected Mars500 crewmember Cyrille Fournier joins in celebrations for crewmate Oliver Knickel's birthday.

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Oliver talks to girlfriend as birthday treat

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ESA-selected Mars500 crewmember Oliver Knickel gets to talk to his girlfriend as a special birthday treat. Knickel and five other crewmembers are spending 105 days inside a special isolation facility in Moscow as part of the Mars500 study.

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Biographies

Oliver Knickel Cyrille Fournier