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The Phobos-Grunt and Yinghuo-1 Mars missions, launched together on 8 November at 20:16 UT (3:16 p.m. EST), fell back to Earth on 15 January at approximately 17:45 UT (12:45 EST). The fragments are reported to have all fallen into the Pacific Ocean.

The twin GRAIL spacecraft successfully completed their respective insertion burns and entered orbit around the Moon, GRAIL-A on 31 December 2011 at 22:00 UT (5:00 p.m. EST) and GRAIL-B on 1 January 2012 at 22:43 UT (5:43 p.m. EST). For more, see the NASA Press Release

The Mars Science Laboratory "Curiosity" rover launched successfully on November 26 at 15:02 UT (10:02 EST). The spacecraft will reach Mars in August 2012. For more, see the NASA Press Release

This Day in Planetary and Lunar Exploration History

February 09

1971
Splashdown of Apollo 14, third mission to land humans on the Moon.

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