Preparing for a journey to Mars: crew locked for 105 days in simulator – Last opportunity for media
Thursday, March 5, 2009 - 11:50
in Astronomy & Space
On 31 March, a crew of six including a French pilot and a German engineer, will embark on a 105-day simulated Mars mission. They will enter a special facility at the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) in Moscow, to emerge only three months later.