What happened to Phobos-Grunt?

Bad Astronomy
By Phil Plait
Jan 17, 2012 10:05 PMNov 20, 2019 2:26 AM

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On Sunday, January 15th, 2012, the Russian spacecraft Phobos-Grunt fell to Earth after a failed attempt to get it to Mars. It burned up in our atmosphere some time around 18:00 UTC, though the exact time isn't clear. During its final orbit, I did a live video chat on Google+ with my friend, science journalist Emily Lakdawalla of The Planetary Society, and we talked about the probe. The entire discussion is now on YouTube:

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