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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 ...
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 ...
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Soyuz Spacecraft Brings Joint Russian-American Crew Home From ISS
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying one American and two Russians returned from the International Space Station (ISS) Sunday. The ...
NASA's oldest active astronaut returns to Earth on 70th birthday
But NASA's oldest serving astronaut Don Pettit became a septuagenarian while hurtling toward Earth in a spacecraft to wrap up ...
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Soyuz spacecraft lands with two Russians, American aboard
“Today at 0420 Moscow time (0120 GMT), the Soyuz MS-26 landing craft with Alexei Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner and Donald (Don) Pettit aboard landed near the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan,” the space ...
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Soyuz spacecraft brings Russian, American crew back to earth from space station
"Its deorbiting and descent to Earth were normal," the agency said in a post on the Telegram messaging app. It added that the ...
An off-planet birthday! NASA’s longest-serving astronaut returns to Earth on his 70th birthday.
NASA’s oldest astronaut has returned to his home planet after spending the days leading up his 70th birthday off-world.
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Safe Return from the Stars: Cosmonauts and Astronauts Land in Kazakhstan
A Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft successfully brought Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner, along with NASA astronaut ...
NASA’s oldest serving astronaut Don Pettit celebrates 70th birthday in style, lands on Earth after 220 days
Donald R. Pettit, fondly known as Don Pettit, was selected by NASA in 1966. The oldest serving NASA astronaut, Don Pettit ...