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Phobos-Grunt

Phobos-Grunt is a Russian sample return mission to Phobos, one of the moons of Mars.

Two researchers of the ROB follow the launch in Baikonur.

Read more about it here and on the site of Phobos-Grunt.

After the launch on November 8, 2011 at 21h16, the spacecraft stayedl in Low Earth Orbit. The mission is considered "lost" now.