23/11/2011
A lot of my work in the Fobos-Grunt space mission eventually may become wasted effort.
"As of 22 November 2011, attempts to establish connection with the probe have been unsuccessful. If the probe is not restarted by late November, it will miss the launch window and it will be no longer possible for it to reach the Martian system (the probe is not expected to survive until the next launch window, which will open in two years). Roscosmos spokesman admitted on 22 November that chances of rescuing the mission were very slim."
Fobos-Grunt (Russian: Фобос-Грунт, literally "Phobos-Soil") is a sample return mission to Phobos, one of the moons of Mars. Launched on 8 November, 2011, it is in low Earth orbit awaiting resolution of a technical difficulty that has prevented it from leaving Earth orbit.[2] Funded by the Russian sp...