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Phobos Grunt mission failure provokes more controversy

Moscow, Russia - A new theory came up: could Americans be the cause?

The Phobos-Grunt failure, a Russian space mission intended to return to Earth after collecting samples from Phobos, one of the moons of Mars, see also AVIONEWS), continues to provoke controversy. It was Russia's most ambitious planetary mission in decades, launched on November 9 but got stuck in Earth orbit due to propulsion failure; it now seems that the reason would be another:a powerful electromagnetic...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1137000
Rome, Italy, 01/18/2012 11:55
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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