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A Half-Ton Spacecraft Lost by the Soviets in 1972 Is Coming Home
Kosmos-482, which was headed to Venus, is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere by the end of this weekend. Experts don’t ...
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History Crashes to Earth: The Long Journey of Venus Probe Kosmos 482
During the height of the Cold War in the 1960s and 1970s, the USSR launched 29 spacecraft towards Venus, the planet ...
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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Soviet-era spacecraft once bound for Venus expected to crash to Earth in May
The 1,100-pound module, known as Kosmos 482, was part of a craft initially bound for Venus when it launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the then-Soviet Union in March 1972, NASA said in a ...
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 ...
Soviet spaceship could crash back to Earth at 17,000mph in HOURS as map reveals impact zone for doomed 500kg Venus probe
A SOVIET spacecraft once destined for Venus is expected to crash land on Earth this week after more than 50 years stuck in ...
UK South of Cambridge, Ispwich, or Milton Keynes at Risk of Being Hit by Soviet Spacecraft: What's Going On?
A lost Soviet satellite, Kosmos 482, is predicted to crash back to Earth, with a 500kg fragment potentially hitting the ...
Out-of-control spacecraft to perform ‘final death plunge’ as it could directly hit UK this week
Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 is making an uncontrolled descent toward Earth this week, with the UK possibly in its path, ...