A Russian space official said that once the mammoth International Space Station is no longer needed it will be sent into the Pacific Ocean.

A GROUP of volunteers isolated from the outside world for eight months stepped out on a mock-up of Mars yesterday, reaching the half-way point of their experimental “voyage” to the Red Planet.

The crew of a mock trip to Mars ventured out after 257 days in a locked steel capsule today to trudge into a sand-covered room and plant flags on a planet.

An unmanned Russian space capsule carrying supplies to the International Space Station failed in a docking attempt, Russian Mission Control and Nasa said.