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Training for Journey to Mars starts
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| Participants in an experiment that simulates the spacial confines experienced during a trip to Mars pose for a picture before entering a test champer in Moscow March 31, 2009. Six volunteers sealed themselves off in cramped modules on Tuesday, embarking on a 105-day simulated trip to Mars to test physical and psycholigical effects of isolatation of an odyssey to the Red Planet. Pictured are (L-R): Sergei Ryazansky, Aleksey Baranov, Aleskey Shpakov, Cyrille Fournier, Oliver Knickel and Oleg Artemev. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin |
