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Soviet Spacecraft Set To Crash Into Earth in May
Kosmos 482 —originally launched on March 31, 1972, as part of the Soviet Union's ambitious Venera program to explore Venus—is ...
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A Soviet Spacecraft Is About to Crash Back to Earth After Being Stuck in Orbit for 53 Years
In 1972, the Soviet Union’s Venera 8 spacecraft became the second ever to land on Venus. It operated for 50 minutes in the ...
Soviet spacecraft stuck in orbit for 50 years set to fall to Earth in May
A Soviet Venus probe that launched in 1972 and has been stuck orbiting Earth for 53 years is set to fall back to our planet ...
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Doomed Soviet satellite from 1972 will tumble uncontrollably to Earth next week — and it could land almost anywhere
The lander section of the Kosmos 482 probe was launched in 1972 and designed to survive on Venus. Now it's due a fiery ...
TASS Russian News Agency23h
Volgograd airport officially receives historical name Stalingrad
MOSCOW, April 30. /TASS/. Volgograd’s international airport, commonly known as Gumrak, has officially been granted the historic name of Stalingrad. The decision was announced through a formal order ...