Russia launches probe to scoop up Mars moon dust

Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 17:50 in Astronomy & Space

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia launched its first interplanetary mission in over two decades Wednesday, flying toward the Red Planet with the ambitious task of bringing back a chunk from the Martian moon Phobos.

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