If you're planning on being in the Indian Ocean on Sunday or Monday, you may want to keep an eye on the sky. The 14.6 ton Russian Mars probe "Phobus-Ground," which was launched in November but failed to escape Earth orbit, is expected to largely burn up in the atmosphere, although pieces could survive re-entry and land in the sea. It's unclear, beyond the slim possibility of large pieces of space junk making it down in one piece, whether the craft's contents pose any additional risk to life.
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