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RE: Biosphere 2

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The first Biosphere 2 closed mission lasted from September 26, 1991 to September 26, 1993.

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This autumn, the University of Arizona Biosphere 2 continues its successful Let's Talk Science! lecture series for visitors to the facility. The talks are designed to increase the public's understanding of science topics through informal talks with scientists.
In celebration of the University recently being awarded the $800 million OSIRIS-REx mission to return an asteroid sample to Earth, the series is being billed as a "Voyage through the Inner Solar System." Experts from both the UA and Arizona State University will speak on topics from this region of space.
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Biosphere 2 is a 3.14-acre (12,700 m²) structure originally built to be an artificial, materially-closed ecological system in Oracle, Arizona (USA) by Space Biosphere Ventures, a joint venture whose principal officers were John P. Allen, inventor and Executive Director, and Margret Augustine, CEO.
The first closed mission lasted from September 26, 1991 to September 26, 1993. The crew were: medical doctor and researcher Roy Walford, Jane Poynter, Taber MacCallum, Mark Nelson, Sally Silverstone, Abigail Alling (a late replacement for Silke Schneider), Mark Van Thillo and Linda Leigh.
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Biosphere 2: Our World

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Biosphere 2 crewmember & author Jane Poynter interview

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