Russia Launches Mission to Mars Moon; Probe to Send Back Dust

Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 16:32 in Astronomy & Space

After 20 failed missions to Mars and no attempts since 1996, Russia hastoday successfully launched the Phobos-Grunt sample-return spacecraft.

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