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August 10, 2015

Russia to conduct simulated flight program to Moon, Mars over 4 years
Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 10, 2015
Russia will conduct a series of international experiments with simulated flights to the Moon, Mars and other planets between 2016 and 2020, the first deputy head of the Institute of Biomedical Problems told RIA Novosti on Thursday. Oleg Orlov said that the new experiments would include a mixture of sexes for the crews, as opposed to the previous Mars-500 and Luna-2015 simulations. "After the Luna-2015 program with a crew of six female volunteers ends in 2015, we plan to begin a whole series ... read more

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