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Scientists begin 520-day Mars mission simulation

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Updated: 2010-06-03 21:30
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Scientists begin 520-day Mars mission simulation
Colombian-Italian Diego Urbina (L), Alexander Smoleevskiy (2nd R) of Russia and Wang Yue (R) of China, participants of the Mars500 experiment, which simulates a 520-day flight to Mars, attend a news conference before entering a confinement module to start the mission in Moscow June 3, 2010. [Agencies]