The second stage of the experiment "Mars-500" starts tomorrow

Tomorrow, six volunteers, hung up with sensors, will enter an iron container (pipe EU 150 in the diagram) and leave there only after 105 days. No communication with the outside world. Food - from the space ration (tubes and semi-finished products). Alcohol and cigarettes are strictly prohibited.







The Mars-500 project was organized by the State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation - the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences under the auspices of Roscosmos and the Russian Academy of Sciences. It includes a number of experiments simulating certain aspects of an interplanetary manned mission to Mars: 14-day isolation (completed in November 2007), 105-day isolation (starts on March 31, 2009), 520-day isolation (end 2009 - the beginning of 2010).

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After reviewing applications from 6,000 candidates from 40 countries, six were selected to participate in the second phase of the experiment.

• 34-year-old Muscovite Sergey Ryazansky (cosmonaut-researcher, biochemist, employee of IBMP)
• 37-year-old Oleg Artemyev from the Queen of the Moscow Region (test cosmonaut at RSC Energia)
• 25-year-old Alexey Shpakov from the city of Velikiye Luki (specialist in physical culture and sports)
• 33-year-old Muscovite Alexei Baranov (urologist and oncologist)
• Cyrille Fournier, a 40-year-old Frenchman, pilot of Air France commercial airline, captain of the A-320 Airbus
• 28-year-old German Oliver Knickel (Oliver Knickel) from Hamburg, a military engineer of the Bundeswehr (German National Security Forces)

Experimental salary - $ 6500 per month.



via BBC