Flawed drawings caused spacecraft crash
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Investigators may have discovered what caused the Genesis spacecraft to crash into the Utah desert this September. Some crucial switches were installed backwards, because of an error in the instructions.
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An ambitious plan to pluck a falling space capsule from the sky with helicopters flown by Hollywood stunt pilots went awry when the capsule&#39;s parachutes failed to open and it slammed into the desert.
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A private space rocket launched from New Mexico malfunctions before it reaches space.
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Images from the spacecraft show two craters that may have been altered by the recent flow of water
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Faulty switches have been identified as the most likely cause of the Genesis sample-return capsule&#39;s crash landing in Utah, US, last month.
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Russian and U.S. space scientists reported multiple computer problems late Wednesday and early Thursday aboard the International Space Station.  Russian controllers in Moscow reported navigation computers in the Russian section of the space station malfunctioned.
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Russian cosmonauts and engineers may have corrected a problem that caused computers aboard the International Space Station to crash.
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Description: An investigation into the loss of Britain&#39;s Beagle 2 spacecraft last December suggests the cause may have been unusual Martian weather.
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NASA&#39;s Genesis space capsule crashed in the Utah desert last month because a critical piece of equipment that was supposed to trigger the release of two parachutes was apparently installed backward, NASA officials said Thursday.
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NASA knows Columbia sustained damage on liftoff. But engineers' concerns get swept aside by mission control, at the cost of seven lives. Compiled by Tony Long.
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A likely cause of Genesis&#39; failure appears to be four so-called gravity switches that were installed backward because of errors in Lockheed Martin&#39;s design drawings.
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SPACE After a "ground control to Major Tom" moment with a malfunction in orbit, Jeff Kluger of Time magazine gave thanks that the crew were safe, but laid into the space programme. "There are bad ideas, and then there are true historic stinkers.
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NASA is wrestling with a potentially dangerous problem in a spacecraft that has not even been built yet.
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By JUAN A. LOZANO  HOUSTON - While engineers try to determine what caused the failure of Russian computers that control the international space station's orientation, oxygen and water supplies, a NASA official said Thursday he doesn't consider the situation critical.
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The Genesis space capsule that crashed into the Utah desert last month failed because four pencil stub-size gravity switches designed to trigger the release of the spacecraft&#39;s parachutes
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By MATTHEW FORDAHL    SAN JOSE, Calif.  -- A $239 million satellite toppled to a factory floor last year because nobody bothered to check that it was secure before moving it, according to a NASA investigation board's report on the mishap...
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The agency is trying to figure out how an embarrassing error eluded the review process, apparently resulting in the crash of the Genesis space capsule in Utah last month.