Pictures show that Mars probe may have exploded during crash landing

Friday, October 21, 2016 - 13:01 in Astronomy & Space

The European Space Agency says its experimental Mars probe crash-landed and may have exploded when it hit the surface of the Red Planet Wednesday. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken pictures showing a black spot in the area where the craft, called Schiaparelli, was meant to land. The...

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