Lessons from Mars 500

29 May 2012 European Space Agency (ESA)

Broadcast content type: Broadcast
Broadcast starts: 30 May 2012 @ 06:00 GMT
Broadcast duration: 00:32:00

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30-May-12 06:00 - 06:32 GMT
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Lessons from Mars 500

Background information on the transmission:

Two years ago six volunteers entered modules in the suburbs of Moscow, starting the record breaking isolation experience.

Last November, after 520 days, they came out of their supposed Mars spaceship.

This video explains what are the first lessons from MARS 500 in particular with interviews of both ESA "marsonauts": Romain Charles and Diego Urbina and Christer Fuglesang, Head of Science and Application Division at the ESA Directorate of Human Spaceflight and Operations.

A WMV preview clip is online under :
http://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/videos/mplo/MARS500_1st_LESSONS_web_05-25-12_wmplow.wmv

More background information can be found on http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars500/index.html.

The MPEG-2 files are on the ESA ftp server in the folder entitled :
ftp://esa.contentcoders.com/mpeg2/Mars500-1st-Lessons-25052012/

Transmission details:
Eutelsat 9A at 9°E, transponder 59, downlink frequency 11900.1 horizontally polarised, symbol rate 27,500 FEC 2/3.

For the latest transmission schedule, go to http://television.esa.int.