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ESA makes contact with faltering Mars mission

The European Space Agency has made contact with Russia’s faltering mission to Mars, it announced on 24 November.

The agency established contact with the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft on 22 and 23 November from its tracking station in Perth, Australia. The data received from the spacecraft has been sent to the Russian mission control centre for analysis.

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