Preparing for a journey to Mars: Crew locked for 105 days in simulator
Thursday, March 5, 2009 - 15:28
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- On 31 March, a crew of six, including a French pilot and a German engineer, will embark on a 105-day simulated Mars mission. They will enter a special facility at the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) in Moscow, to emerge only three months later.