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Soviet space hardware is set to crash down to Earth

Soviet-era spacecraft set to reenter Earth's atmosphere this week after 53 years in orbit

After a failed soviet union mission to venus 53 years ago the spacecraft has been left in orbit around earth since the early 70s.It's orbit has since been decay

Scientific American · 5h

This Soviet Spacecraft Will Soon Crash-Land on Earth

Kosmos-482, a failed mission to Venus from the former Soviet Union that stalled in Earth orbit in the 1970s, is about to fall back to our planet. Exactly where or when it will strike, however, remains

Space.com on MSN · 1d

Old Soviet Venus lander's fall to Earth will be no ordinary space junk crash. Here's why

The Soviet Union's failed Kosmos 482 spacecraft will crash to Earth in the coming days after more than 50 years in orbit. Its homecoming may not spark the sorts of artificial meteor showers we're used to seeing from falling rocket bodies and other pieces of debris, however, because Kosmos 482 was built different: It's a Venus lander.

Space on MSN4h

A failed Soviet Venus probe is falling to Earth. Here's what it might look like

Some recent spaceflight spectacles offer hints about what you might see if Kosmos 482 happens to fall through the sky above ...

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How Putin uses the USSR’s victory in World War II to rally support for him and the war in Ukraine

Victory Day, celebrated on May 9, is Russia’s most important secular holiday, reflecting its wartime sacrifice. But it’s also ...

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Russia and China mark victory in WW2 as Ukraine war grinds on

Russia marks the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two on Friday with a military ...

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Soviet Union and South Africa: Allies in World War II

May 9, 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945, the most important and ...

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The Soviet victory over Nazism and the fight against imperialism today

This speech was given by Andrei Ritsky, a representative of the Young Guard of Bolshevik-Leninists in Russia, at the ...

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Will the US respond to AI rivals in the same way it took on Soviet Union in the space race?

In the United States, a spooked market quickly moved money out of tech. Tech giant Nvidia had surged to a market ...

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Putin and Xi Present a United Front as They Face an Unpredictable Trump

The two leaders, meeting in Moscow, hailed their alliance a day ahead of events to mark the 80th anniversary of the Soviet ...

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AP PHOTOS: On Victory Day, veterans recall the Soviet Union’s sacrifice in World War II

When she heard the news of Nazi Germany surrendering 80 years ago, Valentina Efremova couldn’t believe the devastating war ...

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