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50-year-old spaceship set to crash into Earth at 17,000mph in weeks could directly hit UK
A spaceship first sent up by Russia in 1972 could crash into Earth at 17,000mph next month, potentially hitting the UK ...
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Satellite Spacecraft Set to Crash on Earth in Days – Could It Hit Your Backyard?
A long-lost Soviet spacecraft the size of a car is now hurtling toward Earth, set to make a fiery, uncontrolled re-entry within days - and no one knows where it will land. Known as Kosmos 482, the ...
Cold War era Soviet spaceship destined for Venus to FINALLY crash back to Earth at 17,000mph… and could hit UK
A COLD War era Soviet spaceship destined for Venus is set to crash back to Earth, and it could hit the UK. Kosmos 482 took ...
53 years later, old Soviet Venus spacecraft to fall back to Earth — but there’s a potential risk
Cosmos 482 launched in late March 1972 toward Venus. However, the upper stage of its Soyuz booster shut down early. This left ...
Failed Soviet satellite hurtling towards Earth may hit like a meteorite, tracker warns
Failed Soviet satellite hurtling towards Earth may hit like a meteorite, tracker warns - Space probe was designed for Venus ...
After 53 Years, a Failed Soviet Venus Spacecraft Is Crashing Back to Earth
The spacecraft suffered an engine anomaly that left it stuck in Earth's orbit for decades, and now it's slated for an ...
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Kosmos 482: 1,000-pound Soviet Venus probe could crash to earth after 53 years
Typically, the risk to populated areas is low, with debris more likely to fall into remote regions of the ocean.
A dead Soviet space probe from 1972 is falling back to Earth
In 1972, the Soviet Union launched a pair of space probes destined for Venus. While the USSR’s Venera 8 successfully reached ...
A spacecraft orbiting for 53 years is projected to fall to Earth soon
The latest projections peg the 1,000-pound spacecraft’s reentry between May 8 and May 11. A complicating factor is that ...
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A failed Soviet Venus lander will fall back to Earth after being stranded for 53 years
In late March 1972, the Soviet Union's Cosmos 482 was launched. But that attempted Venus probe ran amuck during its ...
There are only 3 stable Venus Flytrap populations on Earth. How do we protect the one in SC?
South Carolina's last Venus flytraps exist at the Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve in Conway. More awareness about these ...
NASA’s DAVINCI Mission: A Daring Dive Into Venus’ Inferno
NASA’s DAVINCI mission is set to revolutionize our understanding of Venus. This daring expedition will send a probe plunging ...