In an astonishing twist, theKosmos 482, a Russian spacecraft launched in 1972, is thought to have finally fallen to Earth after more than five decades of floating uncontrollably in orbit. Experts ...
A Soviet spacecraft that's been stuck in low Earth orbit ever since it launched in 1972 has finally crashed back down to our planet. Kosmos 482 rocketed into space more than 50 years ago on a quest to ...
An out-of-control Russian spacecraft has probably plummeted to Earth, after 53 years stuck in orbit, experts say. In recent weeks, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 has been making an uncontrolled ...
A Soviet Venera-4 model, similar to the lost Kosmos 482 landing capsule, is on display at a museum. Credit: ESA / Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics Before a Soviet-era spacecraft intended for Venus ...
More than 50 years ago in the early 1960s, the Soviet space program embarked on a bold new undertaking to go where no human had gone before. The Venera mission to explore Earth's nearest orbital ...
FILE - This photo provided by researcher Jane Greaves shows the planet Venus, seen from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Akatsuki probe in May 2016. (J. Greaves/Cardiff University/JAXA via AP) ...
Given the mounting number of objects in orbit, this is likely to be a more regular occurrence. It’s costly in terms of damage ...
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