Danger of a toxic space invader as failed Russian Mars probe Phobos-Grunt...
A FAILED Russian Mars probe laden with toxic fuel could crash land in Australia when it falls back down to Earth in the next three weeks. Scientists are hoping the planet's atmosphere will do its job...
View ArticleProton rocket replenishes Russian navigation system
A Proton launcher rocketed into orbit Friday with three Glonass navigation satellites for the Russian government, delivering reinforcements for the military-run fleet of positioning and timing...
View ArticleRussia races to rescue Mars probe from Earth orbit
MOSCOW — A Russian spacecraft on its way to Mars with 12 tons of toxic fuel is stuck circling the wrong planet: ours. And it could come crashing back to Earth in a couple of weeks if engineers can't...
View ArticleBehind the scenes inside the ATV factory
As one European cargo ship ended its mission Tuesday, production teams in Germany are testing the next Automated Transfer Vehicle before shipping it to the launch site in August. Liftoff of the third...
View ArticleRussian Mars mission halted by glitch in low Earth orbit
Russia's Phobos-Grunt mission, an audacious effort to retrieve samples from a Martian moon, is stranded in low Earth orbit following a successful liftoff Tuesday from Kazakhstan, according to Russian...
View ArticleZenit 2FG/Phobos-Grunt launch timeline
NOTE: Times approximate. T-00:00:00 Launch Producing 1.6 million pounds of thrust, the Zenit 2FG rocket soars into the sky at 2016 GMT (3:16 p.m. EST) Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in...
View ArticleRussia to restart planetary exploration with Mars probe
Russia will launch a probe to a moon of Mars on Tuesday, resuming the country's exploration of the solar system after funding woes and mission failures hindered progress over the last two decades. The...
View ArticleRussia trying to salvage Phobos-Grunt mission
One day after a Russian Mars probe was left stranded in low Earth orbit, engineers planned to begin trying to save the mission Wednesday in hopes the problem was a relatively simple software glitch....
View ArticlePhobos-Grunt Mars probe remains silent in Earth orbit
Russia officially remained silent on the status of its beleaguered Phobos-Grunt Mars probe Friday as concerns grew that the toxic fuel-laden spacecraft could crash back to Earth by December. File photo...
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