中国的第一个行星探测器，小小的“萤火一号”轨道飞行器，也将搭乘“福布斯-格朗特”号飞船前往火星。
China's first planetary probe, the tiny Yinghuo-1 orbiter, will also hitch a ride to Mars with Phobos-Grunt.
日本也在酝酿向月球发射飞行器，同时已经开展了其它的太空开发活动，例如最近的前往小行星的“隼鸟号”探测器。
Japan is also mulling a moonshot, and has branched out into other space exploration, such as the recent Hayabusa mission to an asteroid.
该火星探测器于1971年发射升空，水手九号火星探测器沿火星轨道运行是太空飞行器第一次沿着别的行星轨道运行。
It was launched in nineteen seventy-one. Mariner nine was the first space vehicle to orbit another planet.
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