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Fake Mission, Real Results

  • March 20, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The Mars500 mission sent six international astronauts on a pretend Mars mission, locking them in a small “spaceship” for a year and a half! By studying how humans handle long-term spaceflight, the experiment showed we might have problems with sleep and staying active.

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