It was to be plucked out of the air by two helicopters and brought
back safely to Earth. But the Genesis space capsule carrying captured
particles blown off the Sun crashed back to Earth in the Utah desert
after some malfunctionality with its parachutes.
Genesis spacecraft on the ground. Source: www.nasa.gov
According to the latest news from the NASA website, the capsule
impacted the ground at a speed of 311 kilometers per hour (193 mph).
The officials cannot still say if any or some of the information
brought back by the crashed capsule could be recovered.
In critical endeavours such as these, small mishaps could lead to
fatal consequences. If I recall correctly, sometime in 1999 too the
Polar lander had crashed when it was attempting to land on the Red
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