Could Russian Space Junk Crash Land in New Jersey? A question, as 53-year-old craft strikes earth The world was watching the skies as Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft launched in 1972, made an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere after 53 years in orbit. Originally destined for Venus as…
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