Mars500 team to be locked up in a windowless capsule for about a year and a half . Organizers at the European Space Agency and Russia 's Institute of Biomedical Problems hope the project will shed light on the physical and psychological effects of the long isolation that future Mars astronauts will experience . Six men to be in cramped , claustrophobic conditions in a special facility in Moscow . And then they're sent out into space on the Soyuz rocket with no way of returning home until their mission is complete. Organizers hope project will shed light on psychological , physical effects of Mars mission .
Mars500 team to be locked up in a windowless capsule for about a year and a half . Six men to be in cramped , claustrophobic conditions in a special facility in Moscow . And then they're sent out into space on the Soyuz rocket with no way of returning home until their mission is complete. Organizers hope project will shed light on psychological , physical effects of Mars mission .