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Final images of doomed Soviet spacecraft before it crashed back to Earth after 53 years in space
A failed Soviet spacecraft has returned to Earth in an 'uncontrolled reentry' after 53 years stuck in space. The spacecraft, ...
Watch how an old Venus spacecraft tumbled before crashing to Earth
The Venera mission, which launched from Kazakhstan on March 31, 1972, failed long before the Soviet Union could attempt to ...
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Failed Soviet-era spacecraft returned to Earth on Saturday
Debris from the 50 year-old probe Cosmos 482 crash-landed into the Indian Ocean over the weekend.
Uncontrolled Soviet Probe Crashes to Earth, Hitting Unknown Location
A failed Venus mission fell from the sky over the weekend after aimlessly orbiting Earth for the past 53 years. Various ...
A Soviet-era space probe crashed back to Earth after more than 50 years in orbit
Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine malfunction.
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Soviet-era Kosmos 482 spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit
FILE - This photo provided by researcher Jane Greaves shows the planet Venus, seen from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s ... The United States Space Command routinely monitors dozens of ...
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After 53 years in space, failed Soviet probe Kosmos 482 falls back to Earth
The spacecraft was launched as part of the Soviet Union’s ambitious Venera program towards the fag end of the Space Race in ...
Soviet Spacecraft Kosmos 482 Crashes Into Earth: What To Know
The spacecraft, stuck in orbit since 1972 after an unsuccessful mission to Venus, plunged into the Indian Ocean.
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Failed Soviet-era spacecraft to reenter Earth’s atmosphere this month
The Soviet Union launched Kosmos 482 in 1972, intending to land on Venus. However, the probe never left Earth’s orbit because of a rocket malfunction. Since then, the rocket has very gradually ...
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Spacecraft to plunge back to Earth a half-century after failed Venus launch
Experts tracking space debris say it's too early to pinpoint ... Dutch scientist Marco Langbroek anticipates the failed spacecraft, known as Kosmos 482, will reenter around May 10, estimating ...