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What to Know about Kosmos-482, the Soviet Spacecraft Crash-Landing 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 unknown

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