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05/12/2011

The astronaut who's just spent 18 months in a capsule on a simulated mission to Mars.

Extraordinary personal stories from around the world.

Today, astronaut Diego Urbina describes what it was like being locked inside a space capsule in Russia for almost 18 months as part of a simulated trip to Mars.

Also, the Indonesian Muslim who was sent a letter bomb because of his campaign against extremism.

And British woman, Rona Cant, who suddenly took up adventuring in middle age - she started by sailing the wrong way around the world. Rona's book is called Snow, Sleds and Silence: The Story of the Nordkapp Expedition and is published by Libri.

(Image: Diego Urbina. Credit: AFP/Getty)

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28 minutes

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Tue 6 Dec 2011 13:05GMT

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  • Mon 5 Dec 2011 15:32GMT
  • Mon 5 Dec 2011 20:32GMT
  • Tue 6 Dec 2011 00:32GMT
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  • Tue 6 Dec 2011 13:05GMT

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