Labels: text | handwriting | wheel OCR: Magnetometer Meteorology FRANCE) (FINLAN CURRENT SPACE PROGRAMS MOX CPU Camera PERSPECTIVES AND PROJECTS Optical The Mars 96 mission (RUSSIA) Ther Sens Mars 96 was a Russian space probe launched on November 16, 1996. The spacecraft contained a fantastic array of small modules for analyzing the Red Planet: an orbiter, two small Mars 96 modules independent ground stations, and two penetrators, all packed with over two dozen instruments, including seven MOx Cover instruments for studying the plasma, and three for astro physical studies. Mars 96 was designed and built jointly with European space agencies. The two small surface MOX stations were to conduct ground and atmospheric studies. Detector The penetrators, measuring over six meters in length, were designed to hit the Martian surface at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour and analyze the soil at a depth of 5-6 meters. Unfortunately, 90 minutes after the launch, radio contact was lost. Apparently a malfunction of the Proton MOx Sensor booster failed to carry Mars 96 out of Earth's gravitational field; the spacecraft fell back to Earth off the coast of South America. After this accident, Russian scientists were wary about the possible replacement of the lost probe, whose cost was estimated at about $1.5 billion. s the Mars Alpha Proton X-Ray iment (US) MARS BETAT
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