Hatch closed: 18-month Mars500 mission has begun

Mars500, the first full-length simulated mission to Mars, started today in Moscow at 13:49 local time (11:49 CET), when the six-man crew entered their ?spacecraft? and the hatch was closed. The experiment will run until November next year.

Link: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMLUB5XT9G_index_0.html

Time: 3. Jun. 2010

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Topics: closed, hatch, mars500, mission