Mock Mars mission 'lands' on red planet

2011-02-16 23

After eight months inside a cramped steel capsule, astronauts from the Mars 500 project have 'touched down' in a virtual landing on the red planet. The simulated landing and walk on a fake Mars surface - in a hall at the Institute of Biomedical Problems in Moscow - was the highlight and halfway point in an ambitious isolation exercise. ... http://www.euronews.net/