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Space programs and missions · A guided course
A small moon, ambitious instruments and the limits of a mission’s final phase
Study the Soviet-led Phobos 1 and 2 missions through their international instruments, low-gravity lander plans, returned Mars observations and operational losses. Keep this 1988 program distinct from the later Phobos-Grunt project.
Suggested preparation is listed in the course · Start whenever you’re ready
Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics photograph of a Fobos spacecraft model (2014, CC0 1.0). It represents the shared design, not an identified flight article. Full frame retained; display copy resized and compressed.
Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics; CC0 1.0 · Image source · CC0 1.0Your place in the bigger picture
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The Phobos program
A small moon, ambitious instruments and the limits of a mission’s final phase
Start whenever you’re ready. Preparation is suggested, and every course stays open.
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