The Russo-Chinese Phobos Grunt

Link: Russia And China Sign Deal To Jointly Explore Mars And Phobos.

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Russia And China Sign Deal To Jointly Explore Mars And Phobos
Phobos.
by Staff Writers

Moscow (RIA Novosti) July 06, 2007

The Russian and Chinese space agencies signed a deal in Moscow Wednesday on joint exploration of Mars and its satellite Phobos.

The deal between Russia's Federal Space Agency and Chinese National Space Administration is a follow-up of a general agreement for Sino-Russian space cooperation signed in August 2006.

China is expected to contribute several critical parts for the Russian Fobos-Grunt rover, which is currently under construction.

(((The "Fobos-Grunt." How is it powered, one wonders? Russian natural gas, maybe?)))