A $170 million Russian space probe is expected to crash on earth sometime today (1/15/12) in the Atlantic ocean and some parts of Brazil. Although the craft is one of the heaviest and most toxic things to ever fall from space, Russian officials have been monitoring the crash and claim the threat posed is very small because the toxic fuel will burn up in the atmosphere and most of the ship will be in fragments by the time it reaches earth. The probe was designed to fly to one of Mars' moons, collect soil and return to earth, but after it's launch in early November it got stranded in Earth's orbit and could not be brought back to life.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/15/russia-space-probe_n_1207293.html
Tristan Hunter
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