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Failed Soviet Venus probe is falling back to Earth: When, where Cosmos 482 could land
Cosmos (or Kosmos) 482's orbit has slowly brought it closer to our planet since 1972, and now it's on the cusp of plummeting ...
A Soviet-era spacecraft that failed to reach Venus is due to crash back to Earth this week
A piece of space junk called Cosmos 482 is unlikely to pose a threat to people or property. But space experts say it ...
Cosmos 482 Venus lander is a special kind of space debris
Space debris re-enters Earth every day. Most of it burns up in the atmosphere. But Russia's 1972 failed Venera mission probe Cosmos 482 is different.
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Soviet-era spacecraft Cosmos 482 to reenter Earth's atmosphere this week: Where could it land?
Cosmos 482 was one in a pair of identical Venus atmospheric lander probes that launched in 1972. Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft that failed to reach Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon ...