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Failed Soviet Venus lander Kosmos 482 crashes to Earth

A Soviet spacecraft is about to crash into Earth 53 years after it was launched. Here's what to know.

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within days.

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Failed Soviet Venus lander Kosmos 482 crashes to Earth after 53 years in orbit

The Kosmos 482 probe crashed to Earth today (May 10) after circling our planet for more than five decades. Reentry occurred at 2:24 a.m. ET (0624 GMT or 9:24 a.m. Moscow time) over the Indian Ocean west of Jakarta, Indonesia, according to Russia's space agency Roscosmos. Kosmos 482 appears to have fallen harmlessly into the sea.

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A spacecraft from the 1970s crash-landed on Earth on Saturday. Here’s where.

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one never made it out of orbit around Earth, stranded there by a rocket malfunction.

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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 ...

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A Russian satellite will crash into Earth next week, but no one knows where

A 50-year-old Russian spacecraft is crashing back down to Earth this month, but nobody knows where it will land.

Sensors designed to detect nuclear detonations can help track space debris falling to Earth

A network of Cold War-era infrasound sensors can help scientists reconstruct trajectories of falling space objects.

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Soviet Spacecraft Crashes To Earth 53 Years After Launch — What To Know

Kosmos 482, a spacecraft designed to land on Venus and marooned in Earth orbit since being launched by the U.S.S.R. in 1972, ...

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