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Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth

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Soviet-era spacecraft set to crash into Earth today 53 years after being launched

Whether the parachute or instrument shell would survive Earth reentry is highly doubtful-but the titanium casing could plausibly reach the ground intact.

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Soviet-era Venus probe plunges back to Earth after 53 years

A probe launched from the Soviet Union more than five decades ago has plummeted back to Earth, splashing down in the Indian Ocean. Kosmos 482 had been bound for Venus but never reached its destination.

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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.

History Crashes to Earth: The Long Journey of Venus Probe Kosmos 482

During the height of the Cold War in the 1960s and 1970s, the USSR launched 29 spacecraft towards Venus, the planet ...

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Soviet probe from 1972 set to return to Earth ... in May 2025

A Soviet probe launched more than half a century ago is due to return to Earth in the next week or two, and there's every ...

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Kosmos 482 falls to Earth: lost Soviet Venus probe finally comes home

Kosmos 482, a Soviet probe launched in 1972, recently crashed into the Pacific Ocean. The mission to Venus failed due to a ...

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