NASA reveals picture of ‘flying saucer’ crash. The unexpectedly hard landingat over 300 kilometers per hour occurred because the parachutes did not open as planned. DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah – NASA's Genesis return capsule crashed into the desert Wednesday morning due to an apparent malfunction in its parachutes. "This project does have such a process to recover the science and capsule to the extent that we can. "Speaking at a NASA press conference a few hours later, members of the inspection team said they believed the failure might have been caused by a faulty electrical system, though they cautioned that it was too early to know for sure. La sonda Genesis costituisce il primo tentativo di raccogliere un campione di vento solare e la prima missione per il ritorno di campioni sulla Terra a tornare da oltre l'orbita lunare. Genesis spaceshiplaunched in 2001 by NASA itself to study the Sun. "A flying saucer from outer space crash-landed in the Utah desert after being tracked by radar and chased by helicopters," states the photo description, although NASA is not hinting at an alien visit here. That panel could take weeks or even months to ascertain why the parachutes failed to deploy. By the time it reached Earth's atmosphere, the craft was racing toward the planet at more than 25,000 mph.The capsule was supposed to be visible for many in the United States as it made a fiery ride across the skies of Oregon, northeastern Nevada, southwestern Idaho and western Utah.By 11:55 am ET, it reached the roof of the atmosphere, about 410,000 feet, glowing like a streaking meteor.It was supposed to deploy a series of parachutes to slow its descent. La commissione iniziò i lavori il 10 settembre Una prima causa principale per la mancata apertura del paracadute venne annunciata il 14 ottobre: la Lo stesso sistema per il paracadute venne anche usato nella missione Ironicamente, l'incidente si rivelò un esempio della The Genesis Discovery mission: Return of solar matter to EarthNASA Sends First Genesis Early-Science Sample to ResearchersNASA Announces Key Genesis Science Collectors In Excellent Shape‘Murphy’s Law’ rules outer space... And NASA still needs to learn how to evade it NASA assembles a review board to investigate why parachutes failed to deploy on the Genesis space capsule, causing it to crash into the Utah desert. Venne lanciata l'8 agosto 2001 e ritornò sulla Terra l'8 settembre 2004, ma si schiantò al suolo a causa di un problema che impedì l'apertura dei paracadute. "The most likely scenario for the recovery of the capsule at this point would involve digging the wreckage out of the desert sands with shovels," said Don Savilla, the Genesis payload team leader for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which managed the mission.The wreckage would then be "manhandled into a cargo net" and flown to a clean room, according to Savilla.But even this could prove tricky, as the solar wind collectors inside the canister are thought to be in shards from the impact.Wiens said he believed that NASA would be able to retrieve the capsule by the end of the day. "The canister has been lifted out of its crater by helicopter and moved to a holding area next to a specially constructed clean room on the Army base, NASA reported.