Freitag, 13. Januar 2012

Russia space agency: 13-ton satellite may hit Indian Ocean

MOSCOW — A failed Russian Mars probe weighing 13.5 tons is most likely to strike earth somewhere in the Indian Ocean near Africa, officials at Russia's national space agency said on Thursday.

The Phobos-Grunt probe probably will reach the earth's surface sometime on Sunday or Monday in the Indian Ocean between the mainland of the African continent and the island nation Madagascar, a Roscosmos statement said. The predicted

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