Mars' moon lander to return Russia to deep space
Monday, November 7, 2011 - 10:00
in Astronomy & Space
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia hopes to end a humiliating two-decade absence from deep space with the launch on Wednesday of an ambitious three-year mission to bring back a soil sample from Mars' moon Phobos.
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