WASHINGTON — Three new crew members are on their way to the International Space Station. NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams,…
Tag: russia
Phobos Grunt Mars Probe killed by a software glitch…maybe
The ambitious Russian Mars probe which was supposed to place a lander on Phobos was doomed by a software glitch…
Why did Phobos Grunt really fail?
Recent headlines were filled with a plethora of information about the reentry of the doomed Russian Spacecraft Phobos Grunt. There…
Russian Maridian satellite fails, rocket explodes
A Russian military launch of communications network Satellite failed On the heals of the loss of the Phobos Grunt mission…
Russia’s stricken Mars probe ‘contacted’
MOSCOW, November 23 (RIA Novosti) – The European Space Agency (ESA) has said it established contact with Russia’s Mars mission…
Bad Day to be a Russian Satellite Engineer
Reuters quotes Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as saying that he believes those responsible for recent space program failures, like Phobos-Grunt,…
