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A Soviet-era space probe crashed back to Earth after more than 50 years in orbit
A Soviet spacecraft that's been stuck ... NASA said it was "possible" that Kosmos 482 survived reentry. The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking network said it "most likely survived ...
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This Soviet Spacecraft Will Soon Crash-Land on Earth
A defunct spacecraft from the former Soviet Union that has been stuck in space for more than half a century is, at last, about to come home. Kosmos-482 was launched on a voyage to Venus in ...
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Soviet Spacecraft Kosmos 482 Crashes to Earth After 53 Years
A Soviet-era spacecraft called Kosmos 482 has crashed on earth after 53 years ... According to the AP, both the Russian Space Agency and the European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking ...
After more than half a century, the voyage of Kosmos 482 is over
The spacecraft, dubbed Kosmos 482, had orbited the Earth since it launched in March 1972. It followed the Soviet Venera 8 ...