Read more simulation stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/38098/simulation.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 23:58:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/132566/crew-emerges-from-520-day-mars-flight.htmlKevin Spak<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=849812&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20111104112823' border='0' />They’re free—and they don’t appear to have gone crazy. The crew of Russia’s simulated Mars mission has landed, by which we mean, been released from the narrow confines of the “spaceship” they’ve been trapped in for 520 days . The six men, ages 27 to 38, grinned widely as they...Russian researcher Sukhrob Kamolov leaves a set of windowless modules after a grueling 520-day simulation of a flight to Mars, Friday, Nov. 4 2011.http://www.newser.com/story/132566/crew-emerges-from-520-day-mars-flight.htmlFri, 04 Nov 2011 11:28:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54869/mock-mars-mission-blasts-off.htmlNick McMaster<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=195432&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331230255' border='0' />Europe launched its first shot at a manned mission to the Red Planet today—by locking six scientists in a tiny capsule in Moscow for 105 days to simulate the voyage, the BBC reports. The volunteers, who can leave the experiment but score $20000 if they make it, will perform...From left, Sergei Ryazansky, Aleksei Baranov, Aleksei Shpakov, Cyrille Fournier, Oliver Knickel, and Oleg Artemyev before entering a module in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 31, 2009.http://www.newser.com/story/54869/mock-mars-mission-blasts-off.htmlTue, 31 Mar 2009 12:26:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54162/iphone-app-lets-users-fly-like-sully.htmlRob Quinn<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=192998&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331230655' border='0' />A new iPhone app gives users the opportunity to compare their flying skills to those of Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, reports the Unofficial Apple Weblog. The "Sully's Flight" simulator application re-creates the conditions experienced by Flight 1549 before the hero pilot safely brought it down in the Hudson River. The app...Airline passengers wait to be rescued on the wings of a US Airways Flight 1549 after it safely ditched in the frigid waters of the Hudson River in January.http://www.newser.com/story/54162/iphone-app-lets-users-fly-like-sully.htmlTue, 24 Mar 2009 01:41:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49578/airline-promises-plane-crash-for-paying-execs.htmlKatherine Thompson<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=177703&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331233151' border='0' />British Airways is putting customers on a plane guaranteed to plunge 3,000 feet and fill with smoke—and companies are lining up to try it, the Times of London reports. The "crash courses" are staged on a plane simulator at Heathrow Airport to build team spirit. “The adrenaline kicks...Rescue boats float next to a US Airways plane floating in the water after crashing into the Hudson River in the afternoon on January 15, 2009 in New York City.http://www.newser.com/story/49578/airline-promises-plane-crash-for-paying-execs.htmlSun, 01 Feb 2009 14:49:33 CST