The Mars500 crew attend a press conference following the completion of their 105-day Mars mission simulation inside a special isolation facility at the Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP) in Moscow, Russia. Their mission is part of the Mars500 programme that will help us to understand the psychological and medical aspects of long spaceflights.
Left to right: Oliver Knickel, ESA-selected Mars500 participant, Simonetta Di Pippo, ESA's Director of Human Spaceflight.