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Phobos 2
Phobos 2 was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1988 as part of a mission to study Mars and its moon Phobos. It entered orbit around Mars in 1989 and returned observations of the planet before contact with the spacecraft was lost shortly before its planned encounter with Phobos. The mission was intended to combine Mars-orbiting measurements with close study of the Martian moon.
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Mars 2
Mars 2 was a Soviet space mission consisting of an orbiter and a lander launched toward Mars in 1971. The lander reached the Martian surface on 27 November 1971, but it did not complete a controlled landing and was destroyed on impact after an onboard guidance failure. It is nevertheless recorded as the first human-made object to reach the surface of Mars. The orbiter continued the mission's scien...
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