8 November 2011 Updated at 16:41 ET
Russians launch Mars moon probe
Jonathan Amos
Science correspondent, BBC News
The Phobos-Grunt spacecraft will reach Mars in September 2012
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Russia has launched an audacious bid to scoop up rock and dust samples from the Martian moon Phobos and bring them back to Earth for study.
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