PARIS – A prominent Russian scientist lamented the failure of the country's Phobos-Grunt spacecraft in an open letter Thursday, Dec. 8. The mission was meant to collect samples from Mars' moon Phobos, but instead is languishing in Earth orbit.
"We are deeply sorry about the failure" of Phobos-Grunt, wrote Lev Zelenyi, director of the Space Research Institute and Chair of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Solar System Exploration Board, in a letter to fellow scientists and mission team members. "We hope in
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