Russia is preparing to launch the second Phobos-Grunt

Roskosmos is about to repeat once again the Phobos-Grunt experiment, General Director Vladimir Popovkin announced. According to him, this time the technology will be upgraded, more advanced.

According to Popovkin, at the proposal of the Space Research Institute, belonging to the Russian Federation of Science and Technology, Roskosmos is preparing to launch the exploration station to Mars in implementing the country's long-term space operation strategy until 2030. .

The second Phobos Grunt will not repeat the first Phobos Grunt.

The new project will be named EksoMars , with the mission that the former Phobos-Grunt Station failed to complete.

He announced that the department responsible for taking Mars from Mars's Phobos satellite thanks to the return device will be completed for use in two research projects the Moon Luna-Glob and the Luna-Resurs. In particular, the control compartment will be upgraded to apply in these two projects.

'We will not foolishly repeat Phobos-Grunt Station, he said. Astronaut editor in space tourism, Igor Marinin added that EksoMars will be in charge of some of the most experienced experts. We believe in success up to 90% '.

The Russian space exploration began to restart from Baiconur airport on October 9, 2011, with the launch of the Phobos-Grunt Space Station to retrieve soil samples from Mars, but when it reached orbit, Due to technical problems of equipment on the station, it is impossible to continue the journey to Mars. Phobos-Grunt continues to revolve around the Earth and its fragments fall into the Pacific Ocean on January 15, 2012. This fallen space station is worth 5 billion rubles.