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Mars500 - Bringing a Manned Mission to Mars One Step Closer
How would astronauts cope with the prolonged isolation associated with a manned mission to Mars? This was one of the many questions Mars500 sought to answer when they embarked on their simulated mission to Mars on June 3 2010, around 17 months ago. Now, on November 4 2011, after 520 days of isolation, the six man crew of Mars500 will open their hatch to the eagerly awaiting public.
These brave men have made history and helped increase our knowledge of the human psyche and our ability to cope with long missions to extraterrestrial bodies.
And so what did they find?
These brave men have made history and helped increase our knowledge of the human psyche and our ability to cope with long missions to extraterrestrial bodies.
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spacecraft's crew is led by 38 year old engineer Alexei Sitev, and also
includes Russian surgeon Sukhrob Kamolov, 32, and Russian general
practitioner Alexander Smolevsky, 33. Non-Russian crew members include
Italian Diego Urbina, 27, China's Wang Yue, 27, and the Roman Charles
from France, 31. More information about the Mars500 crew |
China's First Mars Probe Set for October Launch
China's first Mars probe is on course to launch in October of this year. Yinghuo-1 (萤火一号) is a joint operation with Russia and will search for the causes behind the disappearance of water on Mars.
There is substantial evidence that water was once abundant on Mars (see below), but the precise reason for its disappearance has until now only been speculation.
There is substantial evidence that water was once abundant on Mars (see below), but the precise reason for its disappearance has until now only been speculation.
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| Evidence of Water in Ravi Vallis |
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| Areas where evidence for water is found in the form of outflow channels |
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| Outflow channels, like this one seen in Ares Vallis are seen as evidence that water once flowed on the Martian surface. |
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