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An Artist’s Journey From the Soviet Union to the Frick
Years ago, Vladimir Kanevsky’s floral sculptures started turning up in Manhattan’s most elegant living rooms. Now his work is ...
'My dad was shot down over the Soviet Union' - what happens when a US spy plane gets caught?
In May 1960 an American U-2 spy plane flew over Russian missile sites. The US thought it was beyond the reach of Soviet air ...
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 ...
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Kosmos 482: Soviet Union's Failed Venus Probe Is About To Slam Into Earth
The spacecraft was designed to survive falling through Venus's atmosphere. 53 years after launch, it's coming back.
Soviet-era Venus mission to reenter in May
We wrote about this doomed mission in 2019, and the prospects for reentry. Launched on a Molniya-8K78M rocket from the ...
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A failed Soviet Venus lander will fall back to Earth after being stranded for 53 years
In late March 1972, the Soviet Union's Cosmos 482 was launched. But that attempted Venus probe ran amuck during its ...
No, China Is Not the 'New Soviet Union' | Opinion
China is not the new Soviet Union. And this is not 1955. It is 2025. And the future will not follow the path of the past.
Soviet Spacecraft Set To Crash Into Earth in May
Kosmos 482 —originally launched on March 31, 1972, as part of the Soviet Union's ambitious Venera program to explore Venus—is ...
Russia's Putin says reverting to Stalingrad name up to city residents
Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday it was up to residents of Volgograd to decide whether the city should revert ...
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A Soviet Spacecraft Is About to Crash Back to Earth After Being Stuck in Orbit for 53 Years
In 1972, the Soviet Union’s Venera 8 spacecraft became the second ever to land on Venus. It operated for 50 minutes in the ...
A dead Soviet space probe from 1972 is falling back to Earth
In 1972, the Soviet Union launched a pair of space probes destined for Venus. While the USSR’s Venera 8 successfully reached ...