Russia Prepares To Launch Phobos Mission

Credit: NPO Lavochkin
Russia will return to deep space exploration this year with a mission designed to return samples from Phobos, one of the moons of Mars. The Phobos-Grunt mission was initially scheduled for launch in 2009, but was postponed at the last minute–officially due to the need for additional testing. In mid...

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