Phobos-Grunt: – Launched and in Trouble
The new Russian mission to Mars Phobos-Grunt was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for Mars yesterday. The launch of Phobos-Grunt Credit :TsENKI Initial reports from the craft...
View ArticleHope Fading for Phobos-Grunt
The news on Phobos-Grunt’s situation is not at all good I’m afraid. The spacecraft malfunctioned after its launch on November the 8th. Its engines failed to ignite, stranding the probe in a somewhat...
View ArticleMagnificent Mars – Recovered
Mars is the fourth planet out from the sun and is one of Earth’s close neighbours. Mars is around half the size of the Earth and has a similar internal structure – a solid crust with a hot nickel-iron...
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