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After more than half a century, the voyage of Kosmos 482 is over
The Soviet Union aimed for Venus, but hit the Indian Ocean instead The odyssey of the Soviet Union's failed attempt to reach ...
Astronomy16h
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.
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 malfunction.
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“I like to think someone’s out there waiting for us”: Meet the astrophysicist looking for alien life in the clouds of Venus
After a groundbreaking discovery that found possible evidence of life in Venus’s acidic skies, Toronto-born Sara Seager is ...
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Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit
A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus.Its ...