Russıa Mars 500

epa02185005 Volunteers of simulation experiment of 520-day mission to Mars (L-R front row): Chinese astronaut training centre specialist Wang Yue, Cosmonaut training centre specialist Alexei Sitev, European Space Agency specialists Diego Urbina of Italy, (L-R rear row): military doctor Alexei Smoleyevsky, cosmonaut training centre engineer Mikhail Sinelnikov, European Space Agency specialists Charles Romani of France before isolation on 520 days in  Moscow's Research centre of MedicalBiological problems, Russia, 03 June 2010. Six volunteers (one of the presented team is still a back up pilot) will be isolated in a ground space module for 520 days (240 days flight to Mars, 240- return back30 days on Mars) playing a role of a crew of space vehicle.  EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY