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Back from their 'mission' to Mars

Six volunteers from Russia, Germany and France have emerged from a capsule in Moscow after spending more than three months locked up in a simulator.

The six were part of an experiment to see how astronauts might deal with the extremely cramped conditions and prolonged isolation of a journey to Mars.

Rupert Wingfield Hayes reports from Moscow.

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