An unmanned Russian spacecraft on a mission to one of Mars' moons has
failed to take its proper course after launch, the Interfax news agency
has quoted the head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos as saying.
Vladimir Popovkin, the chief of the space agency, said on Wednesday that an engine failed to fire on the Phobos-Grunt probe after it had reached Earth orbit.
He said the ignition failures were probably due to a failure of the craft's orientation system.
The craft was on a mission to bring back soil samples from Phobos, one of Mars' moons.
In a forum on the mission's official website, Anton Ledkov, an official with the Russian Space Research Institute, said that there was no telemetry being received from the spacecraft. More Read
Vladimir Popovkin, the chief of the space agency, said on Wednesday that an engine failed to fire on the Phobos-Grunt probe after it had reached Earth orbit.
He said the ignition failures were probably due to a failure of the craft's orientation system.
The craft was on a mission to bring back soil samples from Phobos, one of Mars' moons.
In a forum on the mission's official website, Anton Ledkov, an official with the Russian Space Research Institute, said that there was no telemetry being received from the spacecraft. More Read
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