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Soviet relic's potential earthbound return: Kosmos 482 on course
A piece of the Soviet probe Kosmos 482, which has been orbiting the Earth for over 50 years, may soon re-enter the atmosphere ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Soviet-era spacecraft is set to plunge to Earth a half-century after its failed launch to Venus
"But it cannot be completely excluded."The Soviet Union launched the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 in 1972, one of a series of Venus missions. But it never made it out of Earth orbit because of a ...
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Doomed Soviet spacecraft tumbling toward Earth may already have its parachute out, new images hint
Newly published images suggest that an unknown structure is trailing behind the Kosmos 482 probe on its descent to Earth. It ...