From Capt Nemo's site, in about two weeks a failed Russian Mars probe's coming down.
Russia's Mars dream ends, and now a toxic nightmare begins as its crippled fuel-filled probe heads back down to earth
The engines that were supposed to propel it on its way to the red planet failed to ignite, and any attempts to correct the failure seemed doomed when scientists admitted that they couldn't even establish communications with the craft.
Unwelcome return: The probe will re-enter the atmosphere in two weeks, bringing with it about 12 tons of toxic nitrogen teroxide and hydrazine fuel
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2060443/Phobos-Grunt-Mars-probe-Russias-dream-ends-toxic-nightmare-begins.html#ixzz1dZLLLfOw
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