On Sunday 15 January 2012 Russia’s failed Mars spacecraft Phobos-Grunt crashed into the Pacific Ocean, but what are the five biggest satellites to fall from orbit? Read on to find out.
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What is Phobos?
Explore the unusual surface of this doomed Martian moon.
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Why do planets have moons?
How did these hunks of rock get into orbit around planets?
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Top Five Facts: Satellites
Some major points in the evolution of Earth-orbiting machines
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How Vostok 1 worked – 50 years of spaceflight
On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first man to enter space. Today, on the 50th anniversary, we take a look back at his famous mission and how far we’ve come since then.
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First ever orbital image of Mercury
NASA’s Messenger probe returns its first image a week after entering into orbit around the Solar System’s innermost planet
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Top Five Facts: Discovery of Mars
We take a look a look at some key moments in the history of Mars observations
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Top Five Facts: Rocket Firsts
We take a look at some major points in the history of rocket flight
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Top Five Facts: Powerful space telescopes
The machines used to observe the universe in exceptional detail
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Video: The universe is huge
This is, quite simply, a must-see. A stunning video by the American Museum of Natural History showing just how big the universe really is as we are taken on a journey from Earth
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Why is Pluto not a planet any more?
Pluto lost its planet status in 2006. So why is it no longer considered a planet?
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CryoSat-2 launches successfully
Find out what happened right here.