Russia's marooned Mars probe Phobos-Grunt, currently stuck in orbit, is headed for a mid-January plunge into Earth's atmosphere, and more than two dozen pieces of the huge spacecraft could survive ...

David Warmflash, science leader for the Phobos-LIFE experiment on Russia's Phobos-Grunt Mars Moon sampling mission, shares how the mission could be saved.

When an ill-fated Russian Mars probe fell to Earth over the weekend, the spacecraft's untimely demise set off a flurry of conflicting media reports and conspiracy theories. Russia's Phobos-Grunt ...

Russia’s troubled Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, which is stuck in low-Earth orbit due to an engine failure rather than on its way to Mars, appears to be doomed, with small pieces of the wayward probe ...

Phobos-Grunt spacecraft meant to reach Mars, never left Earth orbit. Jan. 15, 2012 — -- Somewhere, probably in the southern Pacific between New Zealand and South America, the failed Russian ...

Russia's Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, designed to collect samples from Mars' moon Phobos, is still stranded in Earth orbit. The probe, launched Nov. 8, failed to fire its thrusters on a course toward ...

The European Space Agency announced today (Dec. 2) that it will stop trying to contact the beleaguered Russian Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, which has been stuck in the wrong orbit for almost a month now.

Russia's Phobos-Grunt Mars probe has burnt up on re-entry into Earth's atmosphere with the remaining fragments believed to have crashed into the Pacific Ocean.

Experts predict that Russia's failed Mars probe Phobos-Grunt will crash back to Earth in mid-January 2012. This artist's concept shows fuel burning from a ruptured fuel tank as the spacecraft re ...

Phobos-Grunt is a hefty spacecraft, requiring several elements to complete the tasks of travelling out to Mars, landing on Phobos, picking up its samples and then despatching them home.

The Russian Phobos-Grunt Mars probe is trapped in low Earth orbit with the prospects of an uncontrolled re-entry growing by the hour.

The images show Mars' rocky moon in exquisite detail, with a resolution of just 4.4 m per pixel. They show the proposed landing sites for the forthcoming Phobos-Grunt mission.