Phobos-Grunt
Roscosmos Ready to Give Phobos-Grunt Second Try
Russia to Go Back to the Moon Before Reaching for Mars
13:14 11/04/2012
Recent setbacks have not stopped the Russian space effort but have drastically modified its plans.
1Uncertain World: Anti-Americanism in Russia
12:12 09/02/2012
There has been an uptick in anti-American sentiment in the Russian blogosphere recently. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said that the failure of the Phobos-Grunt mission – far from the only Russian space mishap in recent years – could have been caused by emissions from an American radar station. The response was powerful – we knew they were to blame!
Heavy Ions Killed Mars Probe – Investigators
20:31 03/02/2012
Russian Mars probe Phobos-Grunt was lost because space radiation disrupted its computer system, a commission investigating the incident said on Friday.
1Phobos Crash Test Dismisses U.S. Link
11:00 02/02/2012
Tests carried out by Russian space agency Roscosmos have ruled out the possibility a U.S. radar could be linked to the failure of the Phobos-Grunt Mars probe, Roscosmos head Vladimir Popovkin said on Thursday.
2The Phobos Crash Was Preprogrammed
18:05 01/02/2012
The Russian space agency Roscosmos announced the cause of the Phobos-Grunt space probe failure on Tuesday: it was a software malfunction in its onboard computer.
1Russia May Run Repeat Mission to Phobos
18:33 31/01/2012
Russia will send another sample mission to the Martian moon Phobos if the European Space Agency (ESA) decides not to include Russia in its ExoMars program, the head of Russia’s space agency said on Tuesday.
Space Radiation Blamed for Phobos-Grunt Crash
14:52 31/01/2012
Space radiation triggered a glitch in the on-board computer system causing the recent crash of Russia’s Mars probe, Federal Space Agency head Vladimir Popovkin said on Tuesday.
1Russian Press at a Glance, Tuesday, January 31, 2012
08:25 31/01/2012Program Glitch Led to Russian Mars Probe Failure – Paper
04:49 31/01/2012
A government commission has blamed Russian programmers for the recent failure of Russia’s Phobos-Grunt Mars probe
3NASA Says No to Probe Crash Theory Test - Roscosmos
12:36 26/01/2012
NASA has refused to participate in an experiment designed to show if U.S. radars could have had an impact on Russia’s troubled Phobos-Grunt Mars probe, the deputy head of the country’s space agency, Roscosmos, Anatoly Shylov said on Thursday.
1Russian Press at a Glance, Tuesday, January 24, 2012
08:20 24/01/2012U.S. Denies Link to Mars Mission Failure
01:19 20/01/2012
A spokesperson at the Department of State denied information that the crash of the Phobos-Grunt probe to the Martian moon Phobos could have been caused by a powerful electromagnetic emission from a U.S. radar.
Space Agency Boss Blames Makers for Satellite Crash
10:23 19/01/2012
A Russian government commission looking into the crash of the Phobos-Grunt Mars probe says engineering flaws were the main cause of its failure, the head of the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, Valadimir Popovkin said on Thursday.
Russian Scientists Mock U.S. Radar Theory on Mars Probe
15:42 17/01/2012
The theory that Russia’s Mars mission failed due to a U.S. radar is extremely “exotic,” Russian scientists said on Tuesday.
2Russia to Test if U.S. Radar Downed Phobos Probe
12:17 17/01/2012
A Russian government commission inquiring into why the Phobos-Grunt Mars probe crashed this week is to test whether it was affected after launch by U.S. radars on its second orbit around the Earth, the commission said on Tuesday.
U.S. to Launch Space Arms-Control Initiative
11:43 17/01/2012
The United States is launching a new space arms-control initiative, as a Russian official accuses a U.S. radar of being behind the failure of Russia’s Mars probe.
Russian Press at a Glance, Tuesday, January 17, 2012
08:41 17/01/2012U.S. Radar May Have Damaged Russian Mars Probe - Paper
07:36 17/01/2012
A powerful electromagnetic emission from a U.S. radar in the Pacific could have caused the malfunctioning of the Russian Phobos-Grunt probe, the Kommersant daily said on Tuesday.
3Amateur video of Russian Phobos-Grunt spaceship (no sound)
17:46 16/01/2012
A Paris-based amateur astronomer recorded a video of Russia’s Phobos-Grunt spaceship on January 1. Phobos-Grunt, launched on November 9, was designed to bring back rock and soil samples from the Martian moon Phobos. However, it got stuck in a so-called support orbit since its engines failed to put it on course for the Red Planet and fell back on Earth late on Sunday.
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