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Armored Venus lander crashes to Earth after 53 years in orbit
A potentially destructive Soviet Venus lander that was lost in space for over half a century has reentered the Earth's atmosphere. Tracked by various space agencies and individuals, the capsule crashed on May 10 somewhere in the Indian Ocean.
This global view of the surface of Venus is centered at 180 degrees east longitude. Magellan synthetic aperture radar mosaics ...
FILE - This image made available by NASA shows the planet Venus made with data produced by the Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter from 1990 to 1994. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP) CAPE ...
Since the engines failed to reach a necessary velocity to enter Venus' orbit, Cosmos 482 was abandoned in low-Earth orbit and it has moved around the planet ever since. The spacecraft will ...
Like other Soviet probes of the time, the mission started by launching the probe and parking it in low-Earth orbit. From there, it should have made a 4-minute engine burn, pushing it into a ...
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Soviet-era spacecraft plunges back to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbitMuch of the spacecraft came tumbling back to Earth within a decade of the failed launch. No longer able to resist gravity’s tug as its orbit dwindled, the spherical lander – an estimated 3ft across – ...
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