Event:
NASA is isolating a six-person team for a year within a small dome in Hawaii in order to simulate theoretical conditions of a Mars mission; the team will have no fresh air or fresh food, and a spacesuit must be worn when exiting the dome
More Notable Events on August 29:
1975 Star in Cygnus goes nova becoming 4th brightest in sky
1962 U.S. U-2 flight sees SAM launch pads in Cuba
1945 General MacArthur named Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Japan
1944 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees
1862 U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing begins operation
