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11-24-2016, 04:21 PM

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Why Europe's Mars lander ditched its parachute and crashed

Europe's Schiaparelli Mars lander crashed last month after a sensor failure in its navigation system caused it to cast away its parachute and turn off braking thrusters more than 3.7 kilometres above the surface of the planet, a report released on Wednesday said.

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