From 3 June, the Mars 500 project will send a "crew" of six on a simulated 520-day round trip to the Red Planet and back.

从6月3日起，火星500计划将派遣6名“船员”进行一场环游红色星球并返回的520天模拟旅行。

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Ouyang Ziyuan, chief scientist of the country's lunar project, said the Mars programme will focus on creating space probes on the red planet.

中国月球探测工程首席科学家欧阳自远透露，火星计划主要目的在于，在这颗红色星球上建立中国的空间探测器。

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"Perhaps one day a student selected for the Red Rover Goes To Mars project will become one of the first astronauts to actually land on Mars itself, " Glenn said.

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