In the nick of time, NASA teams addressed clogging issues in the probe’s backup roll thrusters, before the only antenna ...

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A Soviet spacecraft that failed to launch to Venus is set to fall back to Earth in the next week. The Kosmos 482 capsule was built for Venus's brutal atmosphere, so it will likely survive Earth's.

A Soviet spacecraft launched in the 1970s for a mission to Venus is now expected to make an uncontrolled return to Earth, according to space debris-tracking experts. Dutch scientist and satellite ...

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NASA/Earth Observatory A blast from the past will be hitting Earth next week, as a failed Soviet spacecraft will make an uncontrolled re-entry into the planet’s atmosphere. Launched in 1972 ...

But a satellite operated by the Soviets is finally set to crash back down to Earth next week – potentially on an inhabited area. Kosmos 482, an out-of-control Venus space probe, has an ...

Venus is a personal planet, meaning her movements have a direct bearing on those of us who are living, loving, striving and struggling on this space rock of rot we call Earth. Named for the ...

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It is one of the largest single structures in the sky, and may be the closest molecular cloud to Earth, according to a paper published this week in Nature Astronomy. Because it’s so close ...