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53 Years After Its Launch, This Soviet Spacecraft Is About to Crash Into Earth
A defunct Soviet probe designed to land on Venus will have an uncontrolled reentry this month and pieces of it may make it to ...
Failed Soviet satellite is falling back to Earth — scientists warn car-sized probe could be deadly
A defunct Soviet satelitte is slated to hurtle back to Earth next week, prompting concerns from space experts that we could ...
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Rocket due to hit Earth next week after 50 years in orbit leaves people terrified
Cosmos 482 was launched from the USSR's spaceport in 1972 in what is now Kazakhstan - intended for Venus it broke into ...
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Cold War-era spacecraft of former USSR to reenter Earth’s atmosphere after 53 years in orbit
Venus probe Kosmos-482, which was launched in 1972, will make uncontrolled descent to Earth next week - Anadolu Ajansı ...
Uncontrolled re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere of the Russian spacecraft Kosmos 482: impact expected on May 9
A half-ton Russian satellite that was built to land on Venus but never left Earth’s orbit could fall out of the sky intact in ...
The chance of getting hit by a Soviet spacecraft goes up next week
Part of a failed Soviet spacecraft that’s been circling Earth for the last 53 years is about to come crashing down. The Kosmos 482 probe launched by the USSR in 1972 was intended to collect data from ...