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Failed Soviet Venus probe is falling back to Earth

Space.com on MSN · 1d

Failed Soviet Venus probe Kosmos 482 is expected to fall to Earth tonight, but when and where? Here's what we know

It's still quite uncertain just where and when the craft will fall, although it is expected to reenter around 2:26 am ET on May 10 +/- 4.35 hours.

Failed Soviet Venus probe is falling back to Earth: When, where Cosmos 482 could land

Cosmos (or Kosmos) 482's orbit has slowly brought it closer to our planet since 1972, and now it's on the cusp of plummeting back to its home world.

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Failed Venus probe likely to crash down to Earth overnight

A piece of Soviet hardware built to survive the burning, crushing environment of Venus will soon crash down to Earth and, so far, no one has any idea where it might land. On March 27 and March 31, in 1972,

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Modeling study finds Venus's crust is surprisingly thin

New details about the crust on Venus include some surprises about the geology of Earth's hotter twin, according to new ...

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Venus, Saturn and Neptune align in the predawn sky this week: Here's how to spot them

Venus will partner up with the giant planets Saturn and Neptune to form a line up in the pre-dawn sky on May 8, with ...

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Scientists Have a Radical Plan to Grab a Sample of Venus's Toxic Atmosphere

Offering incredibly high temperatures, crushing pressure, and a thick mix of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid, the atmosphere ...

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Soviets were headed to Venus in 1972. The spacecraft is about to return.

But the Venera mission, which launched from Kazakhstan on March 31, 1972, failed long before the Soviets could attempt to ...

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DNA-like molecule may survive Venus-like cloud conditions

Punishing conditions in the clouds of Venus could be home to a DNA-like molecule capable of forming genes in life very ...

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