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How did Mars500 work?

The mission intended to simulate humanity’s eventual journey to Mars finished today after 520 days. How did this experiment work? Find out after the jump.
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Video: Living on the ISS

Belgium’s second person in space, ESA astronaut Frank De Winne, explains what life is like on the International Space Station in this video.
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18-month exile for cosmonauts

In preparation for the Mars500 project which begins in May, four candidates who wish to accompany the mission at a later date (only two can go), have volunteered to be locked away in steel containers for 18 months in order to test their mental resilience for extended spaceflight
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Phobos revealed

Phobos, Mars’ small rocky moon, has been imaged closer than ever before by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft
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