Russia just finished its Mars500 simulation, proving that man can handle the arduous task of traveling to and from the Red Planet - or at least it proved man can live in a confined space for 520 days with dodgy internet. However, Moscow needs to know a bit more about Mars itself before shooting citizens to our planetary neighbor, so it's sending a satellite to collect soil samples from one of its moons. The Russian satellite, named Phobos-Grunt, launched earlier today with the Chinese satellite Yinhuo-1 onboard as well.
Engadget, Russian and Chinese satellites going to Martian moon, plan to bring back some of the Red Planet
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