Cosmic Fail! Getting into Space Is Still Really, Really Hard | Phobos-Grunt & Progress 44 Failures | Rocket Launches & Robotic Spaceflight | S

Cosmic Fail! Getting into Space Is Still Really, Really Hard | Phobos-Grunt & Progress 44 Failures | Rocket Launches & Robotic Spaceflight | Space.com: The recent failure of Russia's Phobos-Grunt mission to Mars was the seventh space mishap of the past year. These problems serve as a reminder that launching payloads to Earth orbit and beyond remains difficult, even more than 50 years into the space age.