China works for Mars and Moon missions

RIA Novosti ^ | 10/19/09

[KevinDavis]

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Alexander Peslyak) - The launch of a Russian Phobos Grunt probe to Mars on October 16 has been delayed until 2011.

The delay also affects China's first mission to Mars. The 240-pound Chinese Yinghou-1 spacecraft was to be mounted atop the Russian spacecraft for transport to the Martian orbit, where it was to be released before the Russian spacecraft landed on Phobos.

[KevinDavis]

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[cripplecreek]

Actually I was kind of looking forward to the Russian landing out of pure scientific curiosity.

[SunkenCiv]

I was looking forward to the launch to Mars out of pure curiousity of whether they’d louse it up again. :’)