All attempts to obtain information from the telemetry probePhobos-Grunt no.

Efforts to regain contact with a Russian space mission to Marstrapped in Earth’s orbit after its launch failed and the probe must be considered lost, according to the Interfax news agencySaturday.

“All attempts to obtain information from the telemetry probePhobos-Grunt and activate the control system has failed. The probe must be considered lost,” Interfax quoted a source from theRussian space industry.

The source said that the Russian space agency s announce the failure of the mission in the coming days.

The space agency said earlier, the scientists a window of only a few days to re-program the probe to send them on their way to Mars. If this does not happen, Phobos-Grunt that fall to Earth nextmonth.

The mission went wrong after launching on Wednesday, whenfive billion rubles (165 million) of the engine s probe did not fire, leaving Earth orbit instead of starting its journey to Mars.

The mission was unique probe to land on Mars moon Phobosand return a sample of the rock toward Earth, and Mars launch ofa Chinese satellite.

Plugs mishap inglorious list for the Russian space program s in the year the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s first flight in spaces.

Three navigation satellites plunged into the sea after a failed launch in December, and Russia has lost since the new military communications satellite and launch.

The incident also comes just days before Russia is due toresume spaceflight to the International Space Station, for this reason he stopped in August with the crash of a cargo ship.

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