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Russian Mars probe crashes into Pacific

The failed Russian space probe Phobos-Grunt fell back to Earth on Sunday, crashing in the southeastern Pacific Ocean off Chile, Russia's state news agency Itar-Tass announced.

 

Russia's space chief says failures may be sabotage

Some of the recent failures of Russian satellites may have been the result of sabotage by foreign forces, the nation's space chief said.

 

NASA bids farewell to "amazing" relic, the shuttle

NASA bids farewell to

When the United States embarked on its shuttle program decades ago, it set out to build a workhorse vehicle that would make space travel routine and beat the Soviets during the Cold War struggle for dominance in space.

 

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