On March 27, 1989, the Soviet Union's Phobos 2 mission to Mars' moons ended in failure. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series ...

This is a full-scale mockup of Russia's Phobos-Grunt. The spacecraft will collect samples of soil on Mar's moon Phobos and to bring the samples back to Earth for detailed study. This image shows ...

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On January 29, 1989, a Soviet space probe named Phobos 2 arrived in orbit around Mars. This was the last space mission launched by the Soviet Union. Its primary purpose was to study Mars' two moons, ...