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Russia Asks If U.S. Radar Ruined Mars Probe

AP | SOFIA JAVED | Posted 03.18.2012

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MOSCOW — Russia will look into the possibility that a U.S. radar station could have inadvertently interfered with the failed Mars moon probe tha...

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Russian Space Probe Crashes In Southwest Chile

AP | By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 03.16.2012

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MOSCOW -- A Russian space probe designed to boost the nation's pride on a bold mission to a moon of Mars has come down in flames, showering fragments ...

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Why Are There 15,000 Pieces Of Junk In Orbit?

| David Wright | Posted 03.15.2012

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Early in the Space Age, little thought was given to objects left in orbit as part of satellite launches. But as the number of those objects has grown,...

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Russian Spacecraft May Crash Into Atlantic

AP | Posted 01.13.2012

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MOSCOW — Russia's space agency has adjusted its forecast for the crash of a failed spacecraft, saying it may shower its fragments into the south Atl...

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Fragments Of Space Probe Falling To Earth: Officials Give Precise January Date

AP | Posted 01.04.2012

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MOSCOW -- Fragments of a failed Russian space probe are now expected to fall to Earth on Jan. 15, officials said Wednesday. The unmanned Phobos-Groun...

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Fragments Of Mars Probe Crashing To Earth In January

AP | By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 12.16.2011

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MOSCOW -- A Russian spacecraft bound for a moon of Mars and stuck in Earth's orbit will come crashing back next month, but its toxic fuel and radioact...

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Mars Moon Probe Phones Home

AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and MELISSA EDDY | Posted 01.23.2012

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MOSCOW — The European Space Agency has received the first signal from an unmanned Russian spacecraft bound for a moon of Mars since it got stuck...

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