Hatch closed! 18-month Mars500 mission has begun

Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 05:20 in Astronomy & Space

Mars500, the first full-length simulated mission to Mars, started today in Moscow, when the six-man crew entered their ‘spacecraft’ and the hatch was closed. The experiment will end in November 2011.

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