The Mars-500 mission at Moscow's Institute of Biomedical Problems will test the psychological and physical effects of long-term isolation on humans.

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Shuttle test director Stephen Payne said the lunar mission team agreed to allow Endeavour to take the launch pad,or range, on Wednesday.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

Neither the House nor the Senate ever specifically gave the green light to using a Delta rocket for the planned test mission.

WSJ: Lockheed Martin Sees Space Capsule Test Flight in 2013

In the Trafalgar test mission, mission planning and targeting data was provided via satellite communications from the Royal Navy's operational headquarters at Northwood, north west London.

BBC: cruise launch as seen through HMS Trafalgar's periscope

Not only will the mission test how commercial, off-the-shelf tech can survive in the vacuum and conduct experiments, but it'll squeeze in some fun courtesy of apps developed by winners of a competition held last year.

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