The Russian scientific project Mars-500

The Russian scientific institute that started the Mars-500 simulation of a manned mission to the Red Planet has launched an interactive website on the experiment in cooperation with Google.

The new website, created by Google and the Moscow Institute of Medical and Biological Problems, carries a wealth of information about the 520-day experiment and about the planet itself.

The logbook is based on Google Blogger platform and is fully devoted to the Mars-500 project.

Google said in a statement that the site (http://mars500main.appspot.com/#en) would allow visitors to "experience what the flight to Mars is like" and let them explore the Red Planet.