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Russian Probe Phobos-Grunt Crashes In Pacific

Phobos Grunt Crashes Back To Earth

First Posted: 16/01/12 08:34 GMT Updated: 16/01/12 08:47 GMT

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A Russian scientific probe that was meant to visit a Martian moon but never made it out of Earth orbit crashed into the Pacific Ocean about 700 miles west of Chile on Sunday, a Russian military spokesman said.

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A Russian scientific probe that was meant to visit a Martian moon but never made it out of Earth orbit crashed into the Pacific Ocean about 700 miles west of Chile on Sunday, a Russian military spokes...
A Russian scientific probe that was meant to visit a Martian moon but never made it out of Earth orbit crashed into the Pacific Ocean about 700 miles west of Chile on Sunday, a Russian military spokes...
 
 
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08:40 PM on 01/16/2012
Indonesia, South America.... at least they were close.
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02:43 PM on 01/17/2012
When it comes to a decaying orbit, they can only track possibilities. They knew exactly where it should be on each trip around the earth, just not where it was going to reenter.
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03:34 PM on 01/17/2012
I heard it was going to come down in Indonesia for two weeks. My point was... they were only guessing and had no real idea... just what you said.
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10:27 AM on 01/16/2012
Those poor fish!
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