Thursday, November 29, 2007

First Stage of Mars-500 Preparation Completed

The Mars-500 simulation is underway, with the first stage of preparations concluded, which was announced today. One of the purposes of the first stage was equipment preparation and testing. The main experiment will be an attempt to simulate a manned Mars mission. Mars-500 will be run by the Russian Institute of Biological Problems, and the main stage of the experiment should begin in late 2008.

Source:
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20071129/90068605.html

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