Moscow 'Mars mission' ends after 520 days in simulation
China Daily | Updated: 2011-11-05 08:24
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Chinese crew member Wang Yue walks out of the Mars500 isolation facility in Moscow on Friday. After 520 days in isolation, the volunteer crew finished their simulated flight to Mars. Li Yong / Xinhua |
MOSCOW - Pale-faced but smiling, the crew of a long-duration isolation study emerged bleary-eyed to daylight and applause on Friday after 520 days locked away in windowless, cramped cells to simulate the length of a journey to Mars.
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