Psychological and behavioral changes during confinement in a 520-day simulated interplanetary mission to mars.

Behavioral health risks are among the most serious and difficult to mitigate risks of confinement in space craft during long-duration space exploration missions. We report on behavioral and psychological reactions of a multinational crew of 6 healthy males confined in a 550 m(3) chamber for 520 days...

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Main Authors: Mathias Basner, David F Dinges, Daniel J Mollicone, Igor Savelev, Adrian J Ecker, Adrian Di Antonio, Christopher W Jones, Eric C Hyder, Kevin Kan, Boris V Morukov, Jeffrey P Sutton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3968121?pdf=render