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NASA Finds Venus Has a Surprisingly Thin Crust – And Something Stranger
Venus may not have Earth-style tectonic plates, but it’s far from geologically quiet. A new model shows its crust is ...
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Failed Soviet-era spacecraft returned to Earth on Saturday
Debris from the 50 year-old probe Cosmos 482 crash-landed into the Indian Ocean over the weekend.
Uncontrolled Soviet Probe Crashes to Earth, Hitting Unknown Location
A failed Venus mission fell from the sky over the weekend after aimlessly orbiting Earth for the past 53 years. Various ...
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More than 50 years later, a failed Soviet spacecraft is about to return to Earth
A remnant of the Soviet Venus program, Kosmos 482 has stayed aloft in in Earth's orbit for 53 years. But it may make a return ...
A Soviet-era space probe crashed back to Earth after more than 50 years in orbit
Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine ...
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Failed Soviet Probe Plunges Back to Earth After 53 Years Stuck in Orbit
A spacecraft that got stuck in Earth orbit after a failed attempt to travel to Venus more than 50 years ago has finally ...
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Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit
That doesn't change the fact that while Venus is surface conditions ... wreckage will belong to Russia under a United Nations treaty.After following the spacecraft’s downward spiral, scientists ...