Mars 96 failure review targets probe, Block D2 upper stage

Saturday's failure of the Mars 96 planetary probe has raised questions about the Proton upper stage also slated to carry Western communications satellites and key International Space Station elements to orbit, with a Russian team studying whether the stage or the spacecraft itself caused the problem...

Subscription Required

 

This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles.

Schedule a demo today to find out how you can access this content and similar content related to your area of the global aviation industry.

Already an AWIN subscriber? Login

 

Did you know?  Aviation Week has won top honors multiple times in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.