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Mars craft stuck in Earth orbit

(UKPA) – 57 minutes ago  

A Russian spacecraft on its way to Mars with 12 tons of toxic fuel is stuck circling the wrong planet - ours - and it could come crashing back to Earth in a couple weeks if engineers cannot coax it back on track.

Space experts are hopeful that the space probe's silent engines can be fired to send it off to Mars, but if not, it will plummet to Earth.

Most US space debris experts think the fuel on board would explode harmlessly in the upper atmosphere and never reach the ground. The Federal Space Agency said the probe's orbit and its power sources could allow it to circle the Earth for about two weeks.

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