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  2. Biosphere 2 - Wikipedia

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    Location: Oracle, Arizona, United States: ... University of Arizona Biosphere 2 is an American Earth system science research facility located in Oracle, Arizona.

  3. Synergia Ranch - Wikipedia

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    Synergia Ranch is an ecovillage founded in 1969 by John P. Allen, the inventor of Biosphere 2 and Marie Harding, its present manager. It is located in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, 15 miles south of the city of Santa Fe. [1] Synergia Ranch operates as a private retreat and workshop center for small groups.

  4. Spaceship Earth (film) - Wikipedia

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    On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 88% based on 112 reviews, with an average rating of 7/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Spaceship Earth achieves liftoff as an engaging behind-the-scenes record of an audacious experiment -- and settles into orbit as poignant proof of the power of a shared dream."

  5. Biosphere - Wikipedia

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    Biosphere 2 in Arizona. Experimental biospheres, also called closed ecological systems, have been created to study ecosystems and the potential for supporting life outside the Earth. These include spacecraft and the following terrestrial laboratories: Biosphere 2 in Arizona, United States, 3.15 acres (13,000 m 2).

  6. John P. Allen - Wikipedia

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    Biosphere 2 captivated the world's attention and imagination; Discover magazine asserted that Biosphere 2 was "the most exciting scientific project to be undertaken in the U.S. since President John F. Kennedy launched us toward the moon," [20] and talk-show host Phil Donahue, in a live on-site broadcast, called Biosphere 2 "one of the most ...

  7. Mars habitat - Wikipedia

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    Library Tower of Biosphere 2, an Earth analog space habitat tested in the 1990s. One idea for a Mars missions is a library sent to the surface of that planet. [38] The Phoenix lander, which landed on the North polar surface of Mars in 2008, included a DVD library that was heralded as the first library on Mars. [38]

  8. List of Mars analogs - Wikipedia

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    Biosphere 2 in Arizona Crew for a Mars research mission practice techniques on Devon Island, in the Canadian arctic. Some examples of analog tests with people include NASA conducting a 120-day study in Hawaii to test a space food diet (HI-SEAS), [2] and equipment tests inside Austrian mountain caves in 2012. [3]

  9. Mark Nelson (scientist) - Wikipedia

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    After the initial Biosphere 2 experiment ended in 1993, Nelson and his fellow crew member Abigail Alling published Life Under Glass: The Inside Story of Biosphere. [1] Nelson then began graduate studies at the University of Arizona 's School of Renewable Natural Resources, receiving his MSc in 1995. [ 9 ]