Phobos 1
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Phobos 1 was a failed uncrewed Soviet space probe of the Phobos Program, intended to explore Mars and its moon Phobos, launched in July 1988. The Phobos 1 probe failed on 28 August 1988 when a mistype
Illustration of the Phobos 1 spacecraft
Phobos was the primary object of study for the Phobos 1 spacecraft.
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Fobos-Grunt
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Fobos-Grunt or Phobos-Grunt was an attempted Russian sample return mission to Phobos, one of the moons of Mars. Fobos-Grunt also carried the Chinese Mars orbiter Yinghuo-1 and the tiny Living Interpla
Phobos 1
…Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Proton-K, with its twin probe Phobos 2. At 6,220 kg, they remained the heaviest interplanetary spacecraft until the 2011 Fobos-Grunt. The intent to carry out a mission with Phobos as the target was first made public 14 November 1984. Phobos was chosen as the target in order to avoid…
Model of Phobos Grunt spacecraft without labels
Image of Phobos. The Fobos-Grunt project began with the feasibility study of a Phobos sample-return mission in 1999.
Mockup of the spacecraft's main propulsion unit
Modules -- A: lander, B: return module, C: reentry vehicle (not shown). Major components -- 1: solar panels, 2: reaction wheels, 3: landing gear, 4: robotic sample arm (second arm not shown), 6: sample transfer container, 7: attitude control thrusters, 8 and 10: fuel and helium tanks, 9: return module solar panels. Scientific instruments (some instruments are not visible from this angle or are not present on the model) -- a: TERMOFOB thermodetector, b: GRAS-F seismogravimeter; c: Meteor-F cosmic dust detector, d: GAP (Gas Analytic Package) pyrolizer/thermal-differential analyzer, e: GAP gas chromatograph; f: GAP mass spectrometer, g: LAZMA mass spectrometer, h: MANAGA-F mass spectrometer, i: FPMS plasma complex