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Soviet-era spacecraft is set to plunge to Earth a half-century after its failed launch to Venus
A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth, possibly ...
Probably won't burn up completely: Soviet Venus probe about to crash to earth
More than 50 years ago, a Soviet mission to Venus failed, and now the capsule will crash uncontrollably to Earth and probably ...
A defunct Soviet probe from the 70s will crash to Earth next week
Each cloud represents in visible form (due to water droplets) a rising column of air,” the Earth Observatory says. NASA/Earth Observatory A blast from the past will be hitting Earth next week, as a ...
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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 ...