Men locked in tubes to simulate Mars mission prepare to exit
Six men locked away in steel tubes for a year-and-a-half to simulate a mission to Mars are set to end the experiment.
The Mars500 project, undertaken at a Moscow institute, was intended to find out how the human mind and body would cope on a long-duration spaceflight.
It is a venture that has fascinated all who have followed it around the globe.
Daniel Sandford reports.
04 Nov 2011
- From the section Science & Environment