12 h. ago Where failed Soviet spacecraft hit as it crashed back to Earth after 53 years in space

Komos 482 has finally come home after a lengthy stay in Earth's orbit

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65 h. ago When Soviet spacecraft is due to crash back to Earth today after 50 years in space

The European Space Agency has updated its predictions for when Kosmos 482 will crash back down to Earth today

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3 d. ago Soviet spacecraft set to hit Earth this weekend after 53 years in space

The half-ton spacecraft is expected to impact over water

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3 d. ago Where doomed Soviet spacecraft could strike tomorrow as it crashes back into Earth

Kosmos 482, a doomed Soviet spacecraft, is set to return to Earth in an 'uncontrolled reentry' after 50 years in space

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4 d. ago New asteroid could smash into Earth as ESA reveals exact date 'moderately large' space rock could strike

The European Space Agency has revealed a newly discovered asteroid is heading for a 'possible impact' with Earth

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4 d. ago What we know about the Soviet spacecraft returning to Earth this week

As the last remnant of the Soviet Venus program left in Earth’s orbit, Kosmos 482 is not your average piece of space junk

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4 d. ago Soviet spacecraft to crash into Earth on Sunday morning – and it could hit UK

Scientists have drawn up a potential impact zone for Soviet spacecraft Cosmos-482, which is set to crash into Earth on Sunday morning, and it includes parts of the UK

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4 d. ago What we know about the Soviet spacecraft that will return to Earth this week

As the last remnant of the Soviet Venus program left in Earth’s orbit, Kosmos 482 is not your average piece of space junk

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5 d. ago Outer Space around earth is already pretty crowded. Tech firms are racing to pack even more satellites in

Thousands of satellites in low-Earth orbit could create a doom loop of dangerous debris and Julia Musto details the problem

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5 d. ago Soviet spacecraft expected to crash land on Earth in just days. Here’s what to know

The spacecraft malfunctioned on its way to Venus more than 50 years ago. There’s a ‘not-trivial chance’ it could damage property, and a ‘small chance’ it could hurt someone as it falls back to Earth, astronomer warns

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1 week ago How to catch the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, debris of Halley's comet

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is peaking

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1 week ago Three astronauts return to Earth after six months on space station

The astronauts, Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze, were launched to the Tiangong space station in October

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1 week ago 3 astronauts return to Earth after 6 months on China's space station

Three Chinese astronauts have landed back on Earth after six months on China’s space station

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1 week ago Chinese astronauts' return to earth delayed owing to weather

Three Chinese astronauts’ return to Earth has been postponed owing to weather conditions

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1 week ago Failed Soviet satellite hurtling towards Earth may hit like a meteorite, tracker warns

Space probe was designed for Venus landing but never made it out of Earth orbit

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2 w. ago How space exploration can improve life on Earth | Leigh Phillips

There is a cynical, ‘anti-space’ ideology emerging, especially on some parts of the left. But this is misguidedJohn F Kennedy once called space-faring “the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which Man has ever embarked”. We go to space because, he said – like George Mallory said of his reason to conquer Everest – “it is there.”While it is truer to say that the race for space between Washington and Moscow was driven as much by cold war competition as by humanity’s pioneering spirit and the imperatives of scientific exploration, billions of ordinary people around the world recognized as much at the time and still were able to marvel at our species’ accomplishments in the heavens regardless of the flag under which they were achieved, from Sputnik to the moon landing. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Astronaut opens up on isolating 311 days in space after being abandoned by his country

Sergei Krikalev was branded 'the last Soviet' after spending an unintended 311 days in the Mir space station as the Soviet Union crumbled down on earth.

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3 w. ago Harrowing tale of astronaut left to die in space as his country disintegrated below him

Sergei Krikalev was forced to orbit the Earth for months in the Soviet Union's Mir space station as his bones and muscles were damaged by microgravity

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3 w. ago NASA'S oldest serving astronaut celebrates his 70th birthday by landing back on Earth after seven months in space

A Soyuz capsule carrying US citizen Don Pettit and two Russian cosmonauts landed in Kazakhstan on Sunday, the day of Mr Pettit's milestone 70th birthday.

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3 w. ago A Soyuz capsule with 2 Russians and 1 American returns to Earth from the International Space Station

A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut safely landed Sunday in Kazakhstan, concluding a 220-day mission aboard the International Space Station

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