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Soviet spacecraft crash lands on Earth

Old Soviet Kosmos 482 Venus lander's fall to Earth will be no ordinary space junk crash. Here's why

Kosmos 482 was part of the Soviet Union's storied Venera program of Venus exploration. The probe launched toward the second planet from the sun in 1972 but never got there; its rocket suffered an anomaly, stranding Kosmos 482 in an elliptical orbit around Earth.

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A failed Soviet-era spacecraft likely crashed back to Earth overnight

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Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 will crash into Earth soon: Online tracker resources are following its reentry

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Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit

A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The half-ton ...

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New images of Soviet Venus lander falling to Earth suggest its parachute may be out

A mock-up of the Soviet Union's Venera 7 probe, similar to Cosmos 482, a Venus probe that never made it past Earth's ...

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