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Final European crewmembers announced for human Mars mission simulation

Paris, France - ESA has chosen German Olivier Knickel and French Cyrille Fournier

ESA has announced the European prime and backup crewmembers for the 105-day Mars500 study. From 31 March 2009, two Europeans are set to join four Russian crewmembers on a simulated human mission to Mars. After a selection process that started with some 5600 applicants, the final four European candidates began training for the Mars mission simulation last month. From these four candidates, ESA has...

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Rome, Italy, 02/27/2009 17:07
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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