Psychological Endurance Test Vital for Long Space Missions

Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 12:56 in Astronomy & Space

Volunteers in Russia are approaching the three-month mark in their record 520-day Mars spaceflight simulation. Meanwhile, researchers will continue to pay close attention to how the six volunteer "astronauts" physically and psychologically cope throughout the mock mission to the red planet.

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