After a many years break, Russia resumes Mars exploration projects.
It is planned that in November, Russia will launch a space station to one of Mars’s two moons, Phobos, to take samples of its soil.
The station will be launched from Baykonur, a cosmodrome in Kazakhstan which is rented by Russia. It is expected to reach Mars’s orbit in 11 months.
For several months, the station will study Mars from its orbit, and “look” for a better way to land on Phobos.
Scientists hope that studying the Mars’s moon’s soil will help them better understand the origins of the Solar System.
The station will be equipped with many brand-new apparatuses – both Russian, foreign and jointly-made. One of them is a facility for exploring the distribution of methane in Mars’s atmosphere, made jointly by Russia and France.
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It is planned that in November, Russia will launch a space station to one of Mars’s two moons, Phobos, to take samples of its soil.
The station will be launched from Baykonur, a cosmodrome in Kazakhstan which is rented by Russia. It is expected to reach Mars’s orbit in 11 months.
For several months, the station will study Mars from its orbit, and “look” for a better way to land on Phobos.
Scientists hope that studying the Mars’s moon’s soil will help them better understand the origins of the Solar System.
The station will be equipped with many brand-new apparatuses – both Russian, foreign and jointly-made. One of them is a facility for exploring the distribution of methane in Mars’s atmosphere, made jointly by Russia and France.
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