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6 men endure Mars flight simulation experiment

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“Russian engineers broke a red wax seal and six men emerged from a metal hatch after 105 days of isolation in a mock spacecraft, still smiling after testing the stresses that space travelers may face on the journey to Mars.”

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Crew ‘back on Earth’ after Mars mission

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“Six volunteers from Russia and Europe Tuesday emerged from a capsule inside a Moscow research facility where they had been locked away for the last three months to simulate a mission to Mars.”

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Crew Emerges from Simulated Mars Mission | Universe Today

Six crewmembers emerged from 105 days of isolation on Tuesday, completing a simulated <b>Mars</b> mission. This experiment was the first phase of the <b>Mars</b> 500.

Book Review: Red Mars « The Martian Chronicles

Kim Stanley Robinson’s “Red <b>Mars</b>” is, in the words of Arthur C. Clarke, “The best novel on the colonization of <b>Mars</b> that has ever been written… It should be required reading for the colonists of the next century. …

Mars Dust Devil Has Colorful Effect in Image Series …

(NASA) – Scientists have combined a trio of shots taken seconds apart through different colored filters to create a special-effects portrait of a moving dust.

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Mars Rover Devouring Budgets

The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), NASA’s souped-up 1-tonne rover due for launch in 2011, needs yet more money. The latest budget overrun could for the first time delay other missions in the agency’s cash-strapped planetary-science division.
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