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Russia To Try Again For Phobos-Grunt?
Poster art for the Russian Phobos-Grunt mission. (Russian Federal Space Agency/IKI)
Russia says “eish odin ras”* for its Mars moon lander mission, according to Roscomos chief Vladimir Popovkin.
If the European Space Agency does not include Russia in its ExoMars program, a two-mission plan to explore Mars via orbiter and lander and then with twin rovers (slated to launch in 2016 and 2018, respectively), Roscosmos will try for a “take-two” on their failed Phobos-Grunt mission.
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