Amateur astronomers may have found long lost Russian Mars lander

by Larra Morris

In 1971 , Russia put the first lander on Mars that survived its touchdown on the Red Planet, as Mars 3 was able to transmit data back from Mars to Earth — for a grand total of nearly 15 seconds. After that amazing quarter of a minute, Mars 3 went dark for unknown reasons, and was never heard from again, becoming lost to the annals of space exploration. Now, though, a group of Russian Mars enthusiasts working with recent photos from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) think they’ve found the wreckage of the long lost lander.
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Amateur astronomers may have found long lost Russian Mars lander

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