China's first planetary probe, the tiny Yinghuo-1 orbiter, will also hitch a ride to Mars with Phobos-Grunt.

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。

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Phobos-Grunt has been stuck in Earth orbit since its launch on 9 November, unable to fire the engine that would take it on to Mars.

“福布斯-格朗特”号11月9日发射后由于引擎故障一直被困在地球轨道上，无法朝着火星的方向继续飞行。

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That long name comes from the Greek language. The word Gelos means laugh, while Phobos means fear.

这个如此长的名字来自希腊，语gelos意思是笑，phobia的意思是害怕。

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while "phobos" means fear. Victor Rubio is an expert on human behavior at the Autonomous University of Madrid.

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The Phobos-Grunt probe is one of the most ambitious Russian projects in over a decade.

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The agency reports that its tracking station in Perth, Australia, picked up a signal from the Phobos-Grunt probe.

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The Phobos-Grunt spacecraft was put in orbit on Wednesday, but failed to fire the engine that was designed to take it on to the Red Planet.

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