A Russian Return to a Martian Moon

IF 2.4 4区工程技术 Q2 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC IEEE Spectrum Pub Date : 2009-03-27 DOI:10.1109/MSPEC.2009.4977607

Anatoly Zak

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Abstract

Tiny, potato-shaped Phobos doesn't look like a place worth visiting. But the Soviet Union tried twice, with limited success, to reach this Martian moon, the larger of two circling Earth's near neighbor. Now the Russians are working flat out on a third assault, in the form of a sample- return probe called Phobos-Grunt (grunt is the Russian word for "soil"). At press time, technical problems seemed likely to push back the launch by two years, to 2011. Whenever it flies, it will be Russia's most ambitious deep-space mission in years.

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俄罗斯重返火星月球

土豆形状的火卫一看起来不像是一个值得参观的地方。但苏联曾两次尝试到达这颗火星卫星，但都收效甚微。这颗卫星是绕地球近邻运行的两颗卫星中较大的一颗。现在，俄罗斯人正全力以赴地进行第三次攻击，即一个名为“Phobos-Grunt”(grunt在俄语中是“土壤”的意思)的样本返回探测器。截至发稿时，技术问题似乎可能会将发射推迟两年，至2011年。无论何时升空，它都将是俄罗斯多年来最雄心勃勃的深空任务。

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IEEE Spectrum 工程技术-工程：电子与电气

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2.50

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0.00%

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254

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

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