In September 1991, amid much media fanfare, eight people entered a closed experimental facility called Biosphere 2 for a two-year stint in total isolation. They endured hunger, a dangerous rise in CO2 ...

Dear EarthTalk: What ever became of the Biosphere 2 project in Arizona and what did we learn from it? – B.C., Tampa, FL Biosphere 2 project began in 1984, led by John Allen who called it “The Human ...

Bernd Zabel, from left, Linda Leigh, Taber MacMullen, Abigail Alling, Mark Van Thillo, Sally Silverstone, Roy Walford and Jane Poynter in a still from the documentary "Spaceship Earth." (Philippe ...

Thirty years ago last month, on Sept. 26, 1993, a group of eight weary, visionary adventurers “returned” to Earth after two years of living together in a miniature version of our world — a ...

ORACLE, ARIZONA (dpa) – At its start 10 years ago Biosphere 2 was intended as a test to see whether humans could survive on Mars and other planets. Four men and four women attempted to survive totally ...

Biospherians (left to right): Jane Poynter, Linda Leigh, Mark Van Thillo, Taber MacCallum, Roy Walford (in front), Abigail Alling, Sally Silverstone and Bernd Zabel inside the Biosphere 2 in 1990. In ...

Conduct a web search for Biosphere 2 and one of the first things that comes up is the question: Did it fail? Watch the documentary film, “Spaceship Earth” (★★★ out of five) and the answer could well ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. The human terrarium. The first reality show. Spaceship earth. On Sept. 26, 1991, four men and four women began a two-year ...

I rented the movie on YouTube. Takeaways: 1) Save a buck and get the SD version - most of the thing is from archive VHS or 8mm film 2) I and my wife _really_ enjoyed ...