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Russian Satellite Fail Leaves Geckos and Fruit Flies Lost in Space


Russian Satellite Fail Leaves Geckos and Fruit Flies Lost in Space Russia's mission control center has lost communications with a research satellite carrying five geckos, fruit flies and plant seeds less than a week after its launch. The Photon-M craft — which was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 19– continues to transmit "telemetry," or details on the spacecraft's location and performance of its systems, but is not responding to mission control commands, a press release from the Federal Space Agency, or Roscosmos, said Thursday.   More



(Source: The Moscow Times - Jul 25)

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