The largest Mars experiment in the history of space travel has reached a milestone, with its participants successfully completing a virtual landing on the red planet from a sealed container in Russia, the Interfax news agency reported Saturday.
Alexander Smoleyevsky of Russia, Diego Urbina of Italy and Wang Yue of China were aboard the pseudo space capsule and will now simulate three outings onto the planet, according to the Institute for Biomedical Problems, which is hosting the research project.
A total of six purported astronauts have been simulating a flight to Mars and back since June, living in total isolation in the container in Moscow and taking part in numerous experiments. The project's three other participants from Russia and France are waiting aboard the main spacecraft for their colleagues to return. The agencies involved in the experiment include the German Aerospace Centre and the European Space Agency.
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