Mars' moon lander to return Russia to deep space

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia hopes to end a humiliating two-decade absence from deep space with the launch on Wednesday of an ambitious three-year mission to bring back a soil sample from Mars' moon Phobos.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/19e4afc1/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Mars%27+moon+lander+to+return+Russia+to+deep+space&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F11%2F07%2Fuk-russia-mars-phobos-idUKTRE7A62T820111107%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Mars%27+moon+lander+to+return+Russia+to+deep+space&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F11%2F07%2Fuk-russia-mars-phobos-idUKTRE7A62T820111107%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/118097710201/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19e4afc1/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/118097710201/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19e4afc1/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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