Russia spacecraft aimed at Mars moon headed for Earth crash

Category: Science

Publish Date: 01-14-2012 12:00 AM -0800

The failed Phobos-Ground was to have brought back a sample from a Martian moon. The vehicle, likely to reenter the atmosphere this weekend, will mostly burn up and probably will come down at sea.

An ill-fated 14.6-ton Russian spacecraft built to explore the Martian moon Phobos is expected to crash back to Earth this weekend, Russian officials said.

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