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Phobos-Grunt update; lots of new images and video!
Posted By Emily Lakdawalla
2011/10/14 05:39 CDT
Topics: Phobos-Grunt and Yinghuo-1, mission status
Фобос-Грунт is getting ready for launch!
Russia's Phobos sample return mission and the Chinese Mars orbiter that will ride piggyback on it to Mars will soon be shipped to Baikonur cosmodrome to get ready for a launch that is currently planned for 20:16 UTC on November 7, according to an unmannedspaceflight.com visitor. The spacecraft's main propulsion module was already shipped, two weeks ago, according to Roscosmos.
Following a link on that news item I found a ton of visuals about Phobos-Grunt that I'd never seen before. My favorite is the poster:
Another favorite is this snapshot from a simulation of the search for the sample return capsule, which should land in August 2014. The conical capsule has no parachute; it is designed for a hard landing.
Roscosmos/IKI
Simulated search for Phobos-Grunt sample return capsule
A snapshot from a test of the search for the Phobos-Grunt sample return capsule, which should land in August 2014. The conical capsule has no parachute; it is designed for a hard landing.Blog Search
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