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Eugene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 05:33 PM
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Europe ends calls to stranded Mars probe
Source: BBC

2 December 2011 Last updated at 16:09 GMT

Europe ends calls to stranded Mars probe

By Jonathan Amos
Science correspondent, BBC News

It is looking increasingly grim for Russia's Mars mission Phobos-Grunt, which has been stuck circling the Earth since its launch in early November.

Apart from some brief radio contact with the wayward probe just over a week ago, there has been total silence from the spacecraft.

The European Space Agency announced on Friday that it was now ceasing any further attempts to get a signal.

Russian engineers though are expected to keep trying to the last.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16010332
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Dover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 05:44 PM
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1. Phobos Grunt...phone home! ..n/t
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ret5hd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 05:45 PM
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2. can you here me now?
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