Article 4A1ZH A Failed Soviet Venus Probe Might Just Crash Back to Earth This Year, So Heads Up

A Failed Soviet Venus Probe Might Just Crash Back to Earth This Year, So Heads Up

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Jason Torchinsky on Jalopnik, shared by Tom McKay
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One of the lesser-known achievements of the Cold War-era Space Race is the Soviet successes in landing probes on the incredibly harsh and unforgiving surface of Venus, which has temperatures that can reach a hellish 870 degrees Fahrenheit (465 degrees Celsius) and atmospheric pressures 90 times that of Earth. Despite"

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