-->The Genesis return capsule crashed in the desert on Wednesday after its parachutes failed to deploy. The craft missed a mid-air retrieval meant to save the spacecraft from impacting the Earth.

"The capsule has suffered extensive damage. It has broken apart on the desert floor," said an official on NASA TV."Hopefully, there will be enough evidence to see what went wrong. Whether there will be enough science left inside remains to be seen."

Teams are attempting to recover the craft. NASA has warned them that a"live mortar" or explosive charge designed to deploy the chutes may still be armed.

Voller Text: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/09/08/genesis.entry.cnn/index.html

<font color=#0000FF>[Zusammenfassung: Genesis hatte mehrere Jahre lang Sonnenwindpartikel eingesammelt und sollte heute in der Wüste von Utah an einem Fallschirm niedergehen und schließlich noch von einem speziell ausgerüsteten Helikopter in der Luft"aufgefangen" werden sollen.]</font>