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Russian Kvass May Help Astronauts Sustain Long Space Travel

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17:03 23/04/2012

A traditional Russian drink may help crews of interplanetary spacecraft to maintain healthy microbacterial balance in the intestines, a report by Russian scientists said.

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Mars Astronauts Risk DNA Damage – Scientists
16:05 23/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 23 (RIA Novosti)
Future astronauts working on the Red Planet’s surface risk general changes in health at the DNA level because of increased radiation exposure, a prominent Russian academic said on Monday.
People to Land on Mars in 'Next 40 Yrs' - Scientist
12:34 23/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 23 (RIA Novosti)
The world may see a manned spaceflight to Mars in the first half of this century, a prominent Russian academic has said.
Russia May Repeat Mars-500 Simulation on Space Station
11:59 02/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 2 (RIA Novosti)
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
Participants in mock Mars mission 'family now'
17:18 08/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 8 (RIA Novosti, Alexei Korolyov)
What would it be like to spend some 18 months confined in a spaceship as you hurtle through the blackness of space towards Mars? No one knows for sure, but the Moscow-based Mars 500 experiment attempted to recreate at least some of the conditions by locking six men away in a mock spacecraft.
Mars 500 experiment successfully completed: hatches opened, the crew is back on Earth
14:25 04/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 4 (RIA Novosti)
The unique Mars 500 experiment simulating a manned flight to the Red Planet has been successfully completed, a RIA Novosti correspondent said on Friday.
Mars-500: Six volunteers spend 520 days in isolation
12:58 04/11/2011
The Mars-500 experiment will be over on November 4. The participants spent almost 18 months in an environment simulating space flight. Six volunteers - researcher Alexander Smoleyevsky, flight engineer Roman Charles, crew commander Alexei Sitev, medical doctor Sukhrob Kamolov, and researchers Diego Urbina and Wang Yueh, were isolated from the outside world in a specially designed complex simulating a spaceship.
The Russian scientific project Mars-500
10:40 04/11/2011
The project was created to obtain experimental data on the health of astronauts and their capacity for work in conditions of prolonged isolation.
Mars 500 experiment helps scientists study human abilities
01:39 04/11/2011
The Mars 500 experiment simulating a manned flight to the Red Planet will give scientists new insights into unique human abilities
China's Mars 'expedition' participant celebrates birthday
02:45 25/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 25 (RIA Novosti)
China's Wang Yue, who is currently participating in a 520-day simulation of an expedition to Mars, is celebrating his 29th birthday on Monday.
Dry rations and karaoke: Relaxing in the Mars-500 project module
18:03 03/06/2011
One year has passed since the Mars-500 project was launched. The project is designed to simulate a flight to the red planet. It will take 250 days to reach Mars, stay for short time there and then 240 days back.
Mars 500 mission: one year on
10:53 03/06/2011
It is a year on Friday since six men were sealed inside a mock spaceship in Moscow to simulate a 520-day roundtrip to Mars.
Ex-cosmonaut calls on world to unite for Mars flight
10:01 12/04/2011
The world community should cooperate to send the first manned space flight to Mars, Russian ex-cosmonaut Nikolai Budarin said on Tuesday at an event in the Mexican capital celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first man in space.
Mars mission participants walk on 'Red Planet'
16:06 14/02/2011
Participants in the simulation of a manned mission to Mars completed on Monday the first of three scheduled walks on a mock-up of the surface of the Red Planet.
Mars-500 crew to simulate landing on Red Planet
05:31 12/02/2011
Participants in the Mars-500 simulation of a manned mission to the Red Planet will perform on Saturday "a landing" on the surface of the planet.
Team shows unity during first month of Mars flight simulation
03:32 15/07/2010
Six participants in the Mars-500 simulation of a manned mission to the Red Planet demonstrated team spirit and unity during the first month of the project.
Participants of the Mars-500 experiment sent away with applause
16:28 04/06/2010
The six volunteers selected for the Mars-500 project have gone into voluntary isolation. The Institute of Medical and Biological Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences launched this experiment to simulate a flight to Mars. The participants entered the ground-based module an hour after speaking to journalists. The door was then closed and sealed. If everything runs smoothly, it will not be opened again until November 2011.
Mars 'expedition' starts in Moscow (Update)
15:48 03/06/2010
The participants in a simulated Mars expedition waved good-bye to journalists, sealed the hatches and "took off" for a 520-day "space trip" on Thursday, a spokesman for the Moscow Institute of Medical and Biological Problems said
Google launches Mars flight simulation mission's online flight logbook
15:05 03/06/2010
The Russian scientific institute that started on Thursday the Mars-500 simulation of a manned mission to the Red Planet has launched an interactive website on the experiment in cooperation with Google
Mars 'expedition' starts in Moscow
10:52 03/06/2010
The participants in a simulated Mars expedition will "take off" for a 520-day "space trip" on Thursday, a spokesman for the Moscow Institute of Medical and Biological Problems said
NASA sets date for Curiosity mission to Mars
17:02 21/05/2010
NASA has set the date for its next Mars mission, choosing a schedule that will allow for better monitoring of the spacecraft's descent to the surface of the Red Planet, the U.S. space agency said on its website.
Russia announces participants in Mars flight simulation mission
21:22 18/05/2010
The names of the participants in a 520-day simulation of an expedition to Mars were announced on Tuesday.
Karpov couldn’t finish chess game with “mars-onauts”
09:57 14/05/2010
Grand Master Anatoly Karpov played chess with the “Mars-500” team. See the RIA Novosti video to find out how the participants of the international “flight” lost to the legendary chess player.
Candidates for Mars-500 project fly in a tube and learn to communicate
12:47 28/04/2010
Before the start of the 520-day-long Mars flight mission simulation project, eight volunteers went through a new test – this time for psychological compatibility. The Mars-500 project started in the Moscow Institute of Medical and Biological Problems and included 11 candidates: seven candidates from Russia and one each from China, France, Italy and Belgium.
Mars-500 crew surviving in extreme conditions
09:49 16/03/2010
Candidates for the Mars-500 520-day isolation training program practiced survival skills at the Pokrovskaya camp of the Russian State University of Physical Fitness near Moscow. Seven Russians, three Europeans and one Chinese person participated in the two-day training session. Experiment participants were divided into two teams and received the equipment necessary to survive in the forest, including matches, lamps, knives and hatchets. They were to put up a tent, make a bonfire for cooking and transport an injured person to a specified place.
Six will fly to Mars without leaving Moscow
11:22 11/03/2010
Eleven contenders willing to be locked in the ground-based experimental complex for 520 days, are going through the final selection stage. By the end of March it will become clear who exactly will be going on board, as the Mars-500 ‘spaceship’ can seat only six passengers. The crew will be made up of researchers and engineers experienced in working with life support equipment. Doctors and psychologists are currently assessing the candidates.
The Russian scientific project Mars-500
14:51 26/02/2010
The project was created to obtain experimental data on the health of astronauts and their capacity for work in conditions of prolonged isolation.
Russia shortlists 11 for 520-day simulation of Mars mission
21:05 25/02/2010
Russia's Institute of Medical and Biological Problems announced on Thursday the names of 11 volunteers on the shortlist to take part in a 520-day simulation of an expedition to Mars, a spokesman said.

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Mars-500: Six volunteers spend 520 days in isolation
12:58 04/11/2011
The Mars-500 experiment will be over on November 4. The participants spent almost 18 months in an environment simulating space flight. Six volunteers - researcher Alexander Smoleyevsky, flight engineer Roman Charles, crew commander Alexei Sitev, medical doctor Sukhrob Kamolov, and researchers Diego Urbina and Wang Yueh, were isolated from the outside world in a specially designed complex simulating a spaceship.

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520-day simulation of Mars mission

Six people will take part in the experiment in the Mars-500 module, which will simulate all aspects of a journey to the Red Planet, with a 250-day trip there, a 30-day stay on its surface, and a 240-day return flight.

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