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Ares 1 Mars Mission
Expedition
On October 3, 2018 CE, after 98 days in space, the Ares I mission crew touched down on the surface of the planet Mars. Commander Alyson Wilson was the first human to step on the red planet, followed by Akande Oyekan, Arseni Petrov, and Ayami Hiraoka. Remaining on the surface of the rust world for a month, the astronauts of the Ares I mission studied the composition of the red planet, tested the performance of new technologies, and determined which crops grew best in the harsh Martian environment. Thanks to the success of the Ares I mission, the Ares program was continued to the end of the fifth mission in 2028, after which they were supplanted by the regular expeditions to International Mars Orbital Research Station.
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