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Spacecraft to plunge back to Earth a half-century after failed Venus launch
Spacecraft to plunge back to Earth a half-century after failed Venus launch - The Soviet Union launched the spacecraft known ...
Soviet-era spacecraft is set to plunge to Earth a half-century after its failed launch to Venus
A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth ...
Decades-old Soviet spacecraft still orbiting Earth may crash back around May 10
A half-ton Soviet spacecraft, Kosmos 482, launched in 1972 for Venus, is predicted to make an uncontrolled reentry around May ...
Failed Soviet-era spacecraft to reenter Earth’s atmosphere this month
A failed Soviet-era spacecraft that was meant to land on Venus is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere some time this month ...
NASA’s asteroid sample mission gave scientists around the world the rare opportunity to study an artificial meteor
NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, mission on Sept. 8, 2016. It traveled to Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, and ...
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Eta Aquariids peak Monday night: How to see 'shooting stars' left behind by Halley's comet
The annual Eta Aquariid meteor shower, linked to Halley's Comet, will peak overnight on May 5 and 6. The annual Eta Aquariid ...
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Asteroid Vesta is at its brightest this week. Here's how to find it in the night sky
Vesta has a number of characteristics working in its favor when it comes to its visibility in the night sky. For one, it ...
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Ancient zircon crystals shed light on 1 billion-year-old meteorite strike in Scotland
Geologists have found that an ancient meteorite hit Scotland 200 million years later than previously thought, which has massive implications for the geological history of the region and some of the U.