Soviet spacecraft crashing to Earth after 53 years in orbit

A Cold War-era Soviet spacecraft will soon fall to Earth in an uncontrolled re-entry. Kosmos 482 was launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 but failed to escape the Earth's gravity, and the landing probe has remained in low Earth orbit for 53 years. — Read the rest
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