The Mars500 crew have so far endured 438 days of isolation, living on a spartan diet of cereal bars and pasta with little contact with friends and family back home, as part of a simulated mission to Mars.
Throughout the 14 months since "takeoff", the steel vessel remained grounded at Moscow's Institute of Biomedical Problems - but simulates the conditions of a real-life mission to the red planet so that scientists can explore the psychological and physical impact of long-distance space flight.The mission's Martian "landing" back in February was staged in an adjoining room resembling a large sandpit.
Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov - the actual holder of the space endurance record, who spent 437 days orbiting Earth aboard the Mir space station in 1995 - congratulated the Mars500 crew.
He described their experience as "identical as spaceflight, except no weightlessness" and told the crew, "Better now not to count how much time has passed but how much remains. It has a positive effect."
For the past 438 days, the crew worked inside a closed, windowless space of 550 cubic metres, observed by doctors and psychologists. They clean themselves in a heat chamber similar to a sauna and have to eat their meals, which they retrieve through a hatch, in their entirety, as scientists are studying the reaction of their bodies to a long-term space diet.
The crew play computer games simulating emergencies on Mars, as well as "Guitar Hero", and the European Space Agency provides them with surprise gifts, such as books and T-shirts, to sustain morale during the long "trip" back.
Only three of the crew - Russian Aleksandr Smoleevskiy, Italian Diego Urbina and a Chinese trainee cosmonaut, Wang Yue - actually left the craft for the simulated Mars landing. Romain Charles, a French engineer, and two Russians, surgeon Sukhrob Kamolov and shipbuilding engineer Aleksi Sitev, remained inside the vessel throughout.
If they last the full 520 days, each member of the expedition will receive a fee of three million rubles ($100,000), apart from Wang, who is rumoured to be receiving less.
Crews from the former Soviet Union have spent more time in space, on-board the space station Mir. Cosmonaut Dr. Valery Polyakov returned to Earth after 438 days in space studying the long term effect of weightlessnessBasically, the answer is space station.
The citizens of the soviet union were unhappy with their government because they spect too much of their money on the military.
It is indeed very difficult to tell the amount, as the Soviet Union never tell their truths sbout their expenditure on their space flights or space missions. The U.S.A may have spent over 24 Billion Dollars.
They could not produce enough consumer goods to keep people happy -APEX
There was a housing shortage in the former Soviet Union, because the government did not produce enough houses.
Crews from the former Soviet Union have spent more time in space, on-board the space station Mir. Cosmonaut Dr. Valery Polyakov returned to Earth after 438 days in space studying the long term effect of weightlessnessBasically, the answer is space station.
A man holds the record for the longest continuous time spent in space. Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov spent 437 days aboard the Mir space station in 1994-1995.
Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space. She spent three days in space in June 1963
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The record for the longest time spent on the Billboard Hot 100 is held by "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons, which spent 87 weeks on the chart.
The record for the longest time spent on a hammock is 40 hours and 37 minutes, achieved by Deanne Bednar in November 2016. She spent the time in a hammock suspended above the ground without sleep.
The citizens of the soviet union were unhappy with their government because they spect too much of their money on the military.
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It is indeed very difficult to tell the amount, as the Soviet Union never tell their truths sbout their expenditure on their space flights or space missions. The U.S.A may have spent over 24 Billion Dollars.
Cuz alot of money is spent on war machines
In order to have a criminal record spent in the UK, a number of years must pass. It depends on the crimes you were charged with.
I'm not familiar with the term "spent," are you asking until it "goes away?" If so - unless the offense was committed prior to your 18th birthday, your criminal record does not "go away" it is ALWAYS with you - forever.