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Another Russian Mars Mission FailsBethesda MD (SPX) Jan 17, 2012 The ill-fated Russian Phobos-Grunt Mars probe reentered on Sunday at 1745 GMT (12:45 p.m. EST). Most of the surviving pieces reportedly fell into the Pacific Ocean. About two months ago Phobos-Grunt was launched and should have been injected into a heliocentric transfer trajectory that would allow the spacecraft to escape Earth's gravity and travel around the sun on a path that was to end in a rendezvous with Mars. Unfortunately, its remains now reside some 1,250 km west of Wellington Island. ... read more |
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![]() Russia Mars probe 'crashes into Pacific': military Russia believes fragments of its Phobos-Grunt probe which spiralled back to Earth after failing to head on a mission to Mars crashed Sunday into the Pacific Ocean, a spokesman for its space forces said. ... more | .. |
![]() The gadgets which stood out at CES The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) which wrapped up on Friday in Las Vegas featured a dazzling array of high-tech gadgetry. ... more | .. |
![]() CES gadgets bringing the "Matrix" to life The annual Consumer Electronics Show ended Friday, leaving gadget lovers with visions of a "Matrix"-like world in which the Internet surrounds them no matter where they go. ... more |
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![]() Don't pass the buck, Roskosmos The head of Roskomos, Vladimir Popovkin, has insinuated that the embarrassing failure of Phobos-Grunt (which I wrote about earlier) could be attributed to a shadowy plot of some kind. "I don't want ... more | .. |
![]() ESA Coordinates International Satellite Reentry Campaign For Phobos-Grunt An international campaign to assess the imminent atmospheric reentry of Russia's Phobos-Grunt Mars craft is being coordinated by experts in ESA's Space Debris Office. Participants include NASA and R ... more |
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No picnic: How to survive a bear encounter; as Japan battles spike in attacks
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![]() Raytheon and Thales Australia Deliver Next Generation Desktop to Australia's DoD Raytheon Trusted Computer Solutions (RTCS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Raytheon, has announced a partnership with Thales Australia to deliver an innovative next generation desktop (NGD) environmen ... more | .. |
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![]() Superconducting Current Limiter Guarantees Electricity Supply of the Boxberg Power Plant For the first time, a superconducting current limiter based on YBCO strip conductors has now been installed at a power plant. At the Boxberg power plant of Vattenfall, the current limiter protects t ... more | .. |
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