Russia spacecraft aimed at Mars moon headed for Earth crash
Friday, January 13, 2012 - 21:00
in Astronomy & Space
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.