Russia Set To Implement Ambitious Space Program
Russia Set To Implement Ambitious Space Program
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Dec 21, 2006
Aside from the Spektr and Radioastron projects, Russia has other plans to study and explore celestial bodies. For example, the Koronas-Foton spacecraft, due to be launched in 2008, will be packed with instruments for observing the Sun. In addition, Russia expects to begin the Phobos-Ground project in 2009, which will be the country's first interplanetary mission in 20 years. It will bring back ground samples from Phobos, one of Mars' two moons.
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