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Phobos Sample Return
Phobos Sample Return is a planned Russian mission to Phobos with the goals of collecting soil samples from Phobos and returning them to Earth for scientific research, performing in situ and remote studies of Phobos including analysis of soil samples, and to study the Mars and its environment.
Feb 2012: The spacecraft launched succesfully on Nov. 9, 2011 and went into Earth-orbit. However, it failed to leave orbit and eventually burned up in the Earth's atmosphere on Jan. 15, 2012. At this time, the Russian Federal Space Agency is planning to try again by building a second spacecraft to be launched in 2016.
The archive of the Phobos Sample Return Mission (PhSRM) data will be prepared by the Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences under SBN supervision. IKI will provide web access to the data and SBN will provide a mirror site for this archive.
Instruments
- TV System (TVs) - Navigation and guidance imaging
- Gamma ray Spectrometer (GS)
- Neutron Spectrometer (NSP)
- Laser TOF Mass Spectrometer (MSS)
- Seismometer (SSM)
- Long-Wave Penetrating Radar (LWR)
- Optical Solar Sensor (AOS)
- Libration Measurements Thermodetector (LMT)
- Messbauer Spectrometer (MS)
- Gas Chromatograph (CHS)
- IR Fourier Spectrometer (IRFS)
- Dust Counter (DUC)
- Plasma Science Package (ICS)
- Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment (LIFE) - Test survival of organisms exposed to years of deep space travel
- Housekeeping Imager for Landing (TNSS) - Imaging to support landing on Phobos
- Housekeeping Laser Ranging System for Landing (LVV) - Altimetry measurements to support landing on Phobos
- Manipulator for Collecting Sample Returns (GZK)
- Doppler Measuring Instrument of Speed and Range (DISD)
Data Sets
No data at this time.
Related Datasets
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Last updated: Thursday November 20, 2014