As this particular Phobos flyby season comes to an end, I caught up with Michel Denis, spacecraft operations manager; Nicolas Altobelli, scientist with the science ground segment; and Olivier Witasse, project scientist, to ask how it all went and what we can look forward to in the future. -- Stuart

This has been the most ambitious Phobos flyby campaign yet attempted, how did it go?

Michel Denis: “After almost 8000 orbits which have all been a bit different from each other, and after about 10 Phobos campaigns, we had mixed feelings between the old-sailor's confidence "it will be all-right, we have mastered much more complex activities already" and the juvenile excitement of the beginners "it's so close, and we must turn the spacecraft swiftly, and what happens if...?"

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