Russia, to the moon of Mars in 2009

According to AFP communication, Russia seems to be planning to send a space exploration vessel to the "Phobos" of Moon, Phobos and Dimos in the vicinity of Mars in 2009. It will not be almost over in 2009 ... / /.

Details are as follows.
Russian mission to Mars in 2009 official

It is scheduled to start in October 2009 and it will take about 3 years to go to Mars. Manned flight to Mars will be in 2030. Awesome, Russia. I thought that I was going to be the first.

By the way, "ESA" like NASA in Europe will start the mission exploration mission "ExoMars" in 2011 with over 700 million euros.

Materials of Russia when he went to the Moon long ago.

Russia's unmanned missions toward the Moon