The six-person, multinational crew made the simulated Mars landing Saturday after being sealed in a spaceship mockup since June, RIA Novosti reported.

"The stimulated touchdown was successfully completed at noon Moscow time," said a spokesman for Russia's Institute of Biomedical Problems, which runs the project with the European Space Agency.

Three astronauts on the Mars500 simulated mission will make a simulated walk on the Mars "surface" Monday. After working 30 days on the simulated planet, the crew will then embark on a simulated 240-day return trip to Earth.

Officials said the 520-day Mars500 mission is designed to test how humans cope with the physical and mental stresses of a long space flight.

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