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Science 20 June 1997:
Vol. 276. no. 5320, pp. 1780 - 1782
DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5320.1780
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SPACE:
Russia's Last Shot at Space

Richard Stone

MOSCOW--On 16 November 1996, a Russian-led probe to Mars lifted off. Researchers hoped this ambitious mission would put some pride back in Russia's tattered space science program. But barely 4 hours later, the $300 million Mars '96 mission plummeted back to Earth. While once the Soviet Union and the United States were locked in a breakneck space race where no expense was spared, the loss of the Mars '96 mission has almost put Russia out of the running.

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