Byline: Associated Press
SYDNEY, Australia -- Russia's new space probe to Mars failed shortly after blastoff and came crashing back today into the Pacific Ocean, eliminating a remote danger of nuclear contamination.
Pieces of the probe crashed into the Pacific Ocean about 1,000 miles southeast of Easter Island, and 2,000 miles northwest of Santiago, Chile, said Alan Hodges, director general of the federal disaster coordination agency Emergency Management Australia. The crash occurred at 8:34 p.m. EST on Sunday, he said.
The probe had earlier been thought to be heading for Australia, prompting fears of the first crash of space wreckage into a …
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