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Menachem Kidron (Photo: Lehi Avidan)

"Rocket engines are extremely sensitive to malfunctions, so the production process must be planned and all production stages must be thoroughly checked"

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The gecko experiment on the Photon M4 satellite during preparations for launch. From the website of the Institute of Biomedical Problems in Russia, IMBP

Russia has lost control of an experimental satellite with geckos on it

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Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) - a flying saucer-like device designed to simulate the landing of large spacecraft on Mars.

Experimental failure of the spacecraft landing system * The flying saucer crashed into the sea

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An artist's illustration of the Kepler space telescope designed to locate planets outside the solar system. Image: NASA

The next incarnation of the Kepler space telescope / Clara Moskowitz

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Astronaut Rick Mastracchio works outside the International Space Station during the first of a series of spacewalks to replace a broken ammonia pump module. Photo: NASA TV

Watch: The astronauts removed the malfunctioning ammonia pump on the International Space Station

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Crew 35 members Chris Cassidy (left) and Tom Meshburn on a May 11, 2013 spacewalk to scan and replace the suction control box on the space station. Photo: NASA.

A serious malfunction at the space station - one of the cooling systems stopped working * Hello to the crew members

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A satellite burns up in the atmosphere. Illustration: shutterstock

The European GOCE satellite has crashed, not yet known exactly where but most likely in the ocean

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The satellite is loaded 5. Image: Wikipedia

A serious malfunction of the Amos 5 satellite could shorten its operational life

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Deep Imcapt. Photo: NASA/JPL

Lost contact with the Deep Impact spacecraft

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An artist's illustration of the Kepler space telescope designed to locate planets outside the solar system. Image: NASA

Efforts to repair the Kepler telescope failed

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Mars exploration in Russia 1974-1962: successes and failures

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A collection of planets discovered by the Kepler space telescope. Image: NASA

The Kepler space telescope, which discovered planets outside the solar system - broke down

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The International Space Station. Photo: NASA

The astronauts discovered a coolant leak in the space station

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This is a self-image of the Mars rover Curiosity made up of 66 images taken by the MAHLI arm node during Curiosity's 177th Mars mission on February 3, 2013. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Curiosity exited safe mode after two days

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Simulation of the orbits of the Russian satellite and the Chinese space fragment as done by AGI, January 2013

A piece of space debris from the satellite that the Chinese blew up in 2007 damaged a Russian satellite

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Prof. Yitzhak Ben Israel. Photo: Kobi Kantor for People and Computers

The connection between cyber threats and damage to space is very direct

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Midad Farinta, CEO of the Specialist company

The satellites must be protected with active shielding against space fragments, including the ability to perform maneuvers

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Imaging of the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft. Illustration: Roscosmos

Report: Phobos Geront spacecraft crashed in the Pacific Ocean

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The Fernhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Technologies Buchtenberg, Germany was able to image the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft with the help of the TIRA space observation radar. You can clearly see the deployed solar collectors (in the middle) and the fuel tank (at the bottom of the picture)

UPDATE Phobos-Grunt will crash tonight near the Falkland Islands. It will pass over Israel at 17:22

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The Soyuz launcher launched on December 23, and fell to the ground near Novosibirsk a few minutes later. Photo: Roscosmos

A Soyuz launcher crashed in Siberia after a launch malfunction on Friday

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The Japanese spacecraft Akatsuki lost its way to Venus

The Akatsuki spacecraft failed to enter orbit around Venus

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On March 2, 2010, the Cassini spacecraft passed near Rhea. In the picture: simulation of the predicted oxygen density (in yellow) compared to INMS instrument measurements on Cassini (in white) during the approach flight

A faint atmosphere containing oxygen has been discovered around Saturn's moon see

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Tracy Caldwell Dyson returns to work on the International Space Station, September 24, 2010 after the departure of the Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft was delayed tonight due to a malfunction

A malfunction in the Soyuz spacecraft that is supposed to return three astronauts to Earth

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Doug Wilcock and Trace Caldwell-Dyson on the third spacewalk to repair the ammonia pump in the cooling system, 16/8/2010. Photo: NASA TV

The third spacewalk ended - the replacement cooling pump was installed

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Crew 24 flight engineers Doug Wilcock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson work to replace the broken ammonia pump outside the International Space Station, August 11, 2010. Photo: NASA TV

A successful spacewalk for a change

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