TIL about Phobos 1, a Soviet space probe launched to study Mars' moon. It shut down before ever reaching Mars because a technician left out a single hyphen in one of the keyed commands. All commands were supposed to be proofread by a computer before being transmitted, but the computer malfunctioned.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_1

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/150gmj3/til_about_phobos_1_a_soviet_space_probe_launched/

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