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After 53 years stuck in space, a Soviet spacecraft designed to land on Venus has finally crash-landed back on Earth.…
Read More »Astronomer Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project caught this image of Kosmos 482 during one of its last orbits…
Read More »The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 will conclude its roughly 50-year jaunt through Earth’s orbit this weekend, with experts predicting…
Read More »In 1972, the Soviet Union launched the Kosmos 482 lander, a spacecraft designed to reach Venus and land on its…
Read More »A model of Kosmos 482, which was originally set to go to Venus Wikimedia Commons More than 50 years after…
Read More »A Soviet-era spacecraft is set to reenter Earth’s atmosphere after over 50 years in orbit, and you may just be…
Read More »A defunct spacecraft from the former Soviet Union that has been stuck in space for more than half a century…
Read More »A failed Soviet spacecraft that was mistakenly trapped in Earth orbit more than 50 years ago is expected to finally…
Read More »The crescent moon and Venus are pictured in Bangkok in 2023. A failed Soviet lander bound for Venus in 1972…
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