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What to Know About the Soviet Spacecraft Plunging to Earth
Time was, the Soviet Union fairly owned Venus. From 1961 to 1983, the U.S.’s old space race rival launched 16 probes, Venera ...
A Soviet spacecraft is set to fall back to Earth in the next week. Nobody knows where it will land.
The Kosmos 482 capsule was built tough for Venus. Its fall to Earth will make a huge fireball and may pose a small risk of ...
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Old Soviet Venus lander's fall to Earth will be no ordinary space junk crash. Here's why
The Soviet Union's failed Kosmos 482 spacecraft will crash to Earth in the coming days after more than 50 years in orbit. Its ...
Soviets were headed to Venus in 1972. The spacecraft is about to return.
But the Venera mission, which launched from Kazakhstan on March 31, 1972, failed long before the Soviets could attempt to ...
Soviet-era spacecraft set to reenter Earth's atmosphere this week after 53 years in orbit
After a failed soviet union mission to venus 53 years ago the spacecraft has been left in orbit around earth since the early ...
Soviet space probe might hit Canada after 53 years of trying to reach Venus
It wouldn't be the first time, either. Back in 1978, a Soviet satellite spread radioactive debris across Canada's Far North ...
53-year-old Soviet Venus probe may crash over AZ this week. What to know
Kosmos 482 was meant to explore Venus, but became an accidental satellite. Everything to know about the Soviet Venus probe ...
Will the US respond to AI rivals in the same way it took on Soviet Union in the space race?
In the United States, a spooked market quickly moved money out of tech. Tech giant Nvidia had surged to a market ...
Out-of-control Soviet satellite could hit London or Philadelphia TOMORROW - here's a map showing all the major cities at risk
An ominous map reveals the major cities around the world that could be hit by a falling Soviet spacecraft, and London is ...
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A Forgotten Soviet Probe Sent to Venus 52 Years Ago Is About to Fall Back to Earth
A relic of the Cold War space race, the Kosmos 482 spacecraft, is on a collision course with Earth after more than five ...
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53 years after launch, it's going to hit the Earth.
Unfortunately, as is often the case with sending spacecraft flying into the Solar System, not all of the probes made it to their final destination. One probe, launched in 1972, failed to make it to ...