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[Donamy]

What does Mars smell like ?

 

[RisingFury]

What does Mars smell like ?

I don't know. But I don't imagine 6 guys suck in a small room for 2 years smell all that good :lol:

 

[SiberianTiger]

Now, when they have served a prison term of two years "in advance", each of them can safely commit a minor offense that worth the same according by Russian law. For instance, shoot firearms in the street, undertake a fraud yielding them some several 1000's roubles, accidentally run somebody over by a car, smack somebody's mug in public, sell Mein Kampf to public from a street book tray, share Autocad cracked release at a torrent tracker, etc...

 

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Parabolic Arc: Mars500 Crew Ready To Open Hatch

ESA: Watch online - Mars500 hatch opening

NewScientist: 'Astronauts' to emerge from 520-day mock Mars mission

Discovery News: Moscow's Mars Volunteers To 'Land'

 

[Suzy]

Wired Magazine: 6 Guys in a Capsule: 520 Days on a Simulated Mars Mission

 

[orb]

Here's calendar event for hatch opening.

You can watch the hatch opening and crew egress live here.
Streaming starts 10 minutes before planned hatch opening, i.e. 09:50 UTC -[eventtimer]2011-11-4 9:50? in| ;%c% %h%:%mm%:%ss%[/eventtimer] hours[eventtimer]2011-11-4 9:50?.|ago.;%c%[/eventtimer]

 

[SiberianTiger]

Too bad that, if I just go hang around the IMBP building, I'll probably see nothing except many cars in the parking.

 

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RIA Novosti: Mars 500 experiment helps scientists study human abilities:

The Mars 500 experiment simulating a manned flight to the Red Planet will give scientists new insights into unique human abilities, supervisor of the project Alexander Suvorov said.

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“The experiment was a success because none of the participants dropped out along the way. They all stayed healthy and…retained their working efficiency throughout the project,” Suvorov said in an exclusive interview wiith RIA Novosti.

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“We are certain now that people could make a return trip to Mars without any problems,” the scientist said. “However, an ideal number of crewmembers during a real flight should be four rather than six due to a limited amount of resources, including food supplies, which may be taken aboard.”

Suvorov said the experiment had already brought several unexpected insights into how a human body reacts to stress and prolonged confinement.

“In some tests the participants registered the decrease in metabolic rates, which means that the amount of food supplies taken on a trip [to Mars] could be reduced,” he said.

Other “surprises” included reduced motor performance and increased levels of sleep disorder among the crewmembers.

Suvorov said that despite the success of the experiment, it is too early to consider a real manned flight to Mars in the near future.

“First, we have to develop effective protection from strong radiation, which the crew will face during the trip,” he said.

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[SiberianTiger]

Streaming has begun.

 

[SiberianTiger]

Hooray, FREEDOM!!!

 

[SiberianTiger]

They are looking REALLY happy!

 

[SiberianTiger]

Good, now I hope to see next the real return of a Mars crew in my lifetime.

 

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ESA:

• Welcome back and thank you, Mars500
• Mars500 hatch opening - watch the replay

RIA Novosti: Mars 500 experiment successfully completed: hatches opened, the crew is back on Earth


SPACE.com: 6 Mock Mars Explorers Emerge from 17-Month Virtual Mission


Florida Today - The Flame Trench: Mock Mars expedition completed in Russia

* Note: it isn't Gordon Freeman opening the hatch. :lol:

 

[SiberianTiger]

Puctures of crewmembers rejoining with their families from the official blog of the project:

 

[Wishbone]

What a waste of good people's time. The problem is, actual flight hardware makes a whole lot of difference for psychological climate.

 

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RIA Novosti: Particpants in mock Mars mission 'family now'

SPACE.com: Mock Mars Mission Crew 'Very Happy' After 520 Days in Isolation

NewScientist: Mars 500 crew share thoughts on their mission

 

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ESA:
Call for Media: ESA Mars500 crew in France, Italy and Spain

28 November 2011

PR 33 2011 - After their 17-month simulated voyage to the Red Planet, ESA's two Mars500 crewmembers, Romain Charles and Diego Urbina, are returning from Russia. The two will talk about their experience with media in Paris, Rome and near Madrid in early December.

Since their 'landing' on 4 November, the study has continued during the crew’s seclusion in Moscow, with debriefings, medical checks and psychological evaluations. Scientists have been collecting data that may help future astronauts and other professions that involve long stretches of isolation.

On 5 December at 11:00 CET, in Paris, the Mars500 Project Manager, Patrick Sundblad, will present the project, before the two discuss their experiences during the 520 days in the isolation facility.

The Paris press conferences will be webstreamed on www.esa.int in English and French.

On 6 December at 09:30 CET, at the Boscolo Aleph Hotel in Rome, the two will meet local media, before participating in a Tweeetup at 11:30.

On 7 December at 10:30 CET, at ESAC in Villanueva de la Cañada (Madrid), Spain, Diego Urbina will meet media and a group of university students to talk about his experience.

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ESA: European Mars500 crew on tour:

19 December 2011

After being shut away for 520 days in their simulated spacecraft, the six Mars500 ‘marsonauts’ are now taking a well-earned holiday. In between they underwent extensive medical checks, made a high-profile tour and attended a special tweetup in Rome.

Post-flight tours are an integral part of every astronaut mission, and even this simulated Mars voyage had its own: European crewmembers Romain Charles and Diego Urbina enjoyed meeting the press, friends, researchers and fans in three European capitals.

Before arriving in Paris in the first days of December, Romain and Diego met scientists in Munich, following up some of the mission’s German studies.

In contrast to the experiment that took them on the longest-ever space voyage without moving anywhere, they took a car from Munich to Paris – just to have the pleasure of being stuck in traffic jams.

But they arrived in time for the press conference at ESA headquarters on 5 December.

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RIA Novosti: Russia May Repeat Mars-500 Simulation on Space Station:

Russia may repeat the Mars-500 experiment simulating a crewed flight to the Red Planet on the International Space Station (ISS), the head of the Russian Space Federal Agency Roscosmos, Vladimir Popovkin said on Thursday

“Mars-500 was a very useful thing in terms of studying people's psychology…We are now seriously considering the possibility of repeating this experiment in space,” Popovkin said in an interview with Ekho Moskvy radio, adding that Moscow is now in talks with NASA and the European Space Agency.

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ESA: Life after Mars:

18 April 2012

Seventeen months of isolation on a simulated trip to Mars came to an end five months ago. Their mission was over and they breathed fresh air again. What have ESA ‘marsonauts’ Diego Urbina and Romain Charles been doing since they left their ‘spacecraft’?

Mars500’s aim was to prepare for human exploration missions to Mars. Confined in their habitat for 520 days, the six crewmembers studied human behaviour during the lengthy isolation. The experiments focused on their bodies, mental states and performance.

Their isolation ended on 4 November 2011 but Mars500 is not over for Diego and Romain. Most of the experiments they did while ‘travelling’ to Mars are being repeated to compare the results.

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