Friday, November 25, 2011

Russia's Mars probe starts making regular contact
[ Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:38:00 GMT ]

An artist's conception shows the Phobos-Grunt probe orbiting Mars. The spacecraft, which was designed to land on the Martian moon Phobos, has been stuck in Earth orbit since its launch on Nov. 9.The European Space Agency reported Wednesday that a ground station in Australia has made repeated contacts with Russia's Phobos-Grunt probe, two weeks after a mysterious post-launch glitch.


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