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A Soviet spacecraft is plunging back to Earth this week 53 years after it was launched. Here’s what to know.

Just weeks ago, scientists warned that a “city killer” asteroid had a small chance of hitting Earth. While that prediction was thankfully revised, the planet may have to worry about another object plummeting down from the heavens — a 1970s spacecraft called Kosmos 482. The Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago […]

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