Phobos-Grunt is the 19th spacecraft Russia has launched toward Mars since 1960. To date, none has achieved full mission success. Worst Space Debris Events of All Time ...

Russia's doomed Mars probe Phobos-Grunt is just hours away from crashing into Earth. But exactly where the 14.5-ton spacecraft will hit is uncertain.

Unmanned spacecraft had been quiet since it got stuck in Earth's orbit; Hope of saving mission remains. ... Russia's Mars moon probe breaks 2-week silence. November 23, ...

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 ...

A Russian spacecraft bound for a moon of Mars and stuck in Earth's orbit will come crashing back next month, but its toxic fuel and radioactive material on board will ...

The European Space Agency reported Wednesday that a ground station in Australia has made repeated contacts with Russia's Phobos-Grunt probe, two weeks after a mysterious post-launch glitch.

Russia's failed Mars probe Phobos-Grunt will fall to Earth in January 2012. See stories, videos, photo galleries and more about the doomed Russian Mars probe Phobos-Grunt, which is predicted to re ...

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 ...

Hope is fading for the Russian Phobos-Grunt mission to Mars, as the probe has been trapped in low Earth orbit since Wednesday. The 13-ton (11.8-tonne) unmanned spacecraft was launched from the ...

— -- A Russian spacecraft headed for a Martian moon remains stranded in a shrinking orbit just above Earth, raising fears that it soon could become the next spacecraft to make a fiery re ...

Russia raced on Thursday to salvage a spacecraft bound for a moon of Mars that is stranded in the Earth's orbit, with just days left before the window closes on its first interplanetary mission in ...

This story was updated at 12:27 p.m. ET. A botched Russian Mars probe is just hours away from a fiery doom when it plunges into Earth's atmosphere in a fatal crash. It won't fall over the United ...