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Published online 3 August 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040802-8
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Could astronauts sleep their way to the stars?
Space agency plans studies on human hibernation.
The state of suspended animation that astronauts enter during long-haul space flights is a staple of science-fiction movies. But now the European Space Agency (ESA) wants to turn it into reality.
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