Soviet era space junk represents the interplanetary Cold War
Australian Academy of the Humanities 2025-05-16
Summary:
Over the weekend, an unusual piece of space junk re-entered Earth’s atmosphere. In March 1972, Kosmos 482 was launched on a journey to Venus. It never arrived. For the last 53 years, it has been orbiting Earth instead. On late Saturday afternoon, Russia’s space agency Roscosmos reported Kosmos 482 fell into the Indian Ocean west […]
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