1ST LEAD

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2026-08-08

Cologne (dpa) - Six men and women from six countries on Friday ended a 100-day cramped, artificially lit isolation study in preparation for future space missions to the moon, Mars and beyond. The participants in the SOLIS100 research study left the simulation facility of the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in Cologne and returned to their daily lives after a final recovery phase. The goal of the study, conducted on behalf of the European Space Agen......

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