Russians Race against Time to Save Ambitious Phobos-Grunt Mars Probe from Earthly Demise
Teams of Russian engineers are in a race against time to save the ambitious and unprecedented Phobos-Grunt sample return mission from crashing back to Earth following the post launch failure of the upper stage rocket firings essential to propel the probe onward to destination Mars and scooping up dirt and dust from the tiny moon Phobos. universetoday.com