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MARS-500

from 3 June 2010 to 4 November 2011

Psychosocial isolation experiment conducted between 2007 and 2011 by Russia, the European Space Agency, and China, in preparation for an unspecified future crewed spaceflight to the planet Mars. It began on 3 June 2010 in what is now the Russian Federation and lasted until 4 November 2011 (about 1 year). Its main subject is human mission to Mars and social isolation.

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