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Data from NASA's Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter is used in an undated composite image of the planet Venus. Photo: Reuters
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Soviet-era spacecraft is set to plunge to Earth a half-century after its failed launch to Venus

It’s too early to know where the half-ton mass of metal might come down or how much of it will survive reentry

A picture taken from the camera of the lunar landing spacecraft Luna-25 shows the Zeeman crater located on the far side of the moon on 17 August 2023. File Photo: Roscosmos/Handout via Reuters
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Russia's first lunar mission in 47 years smashes into the moon in failure

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Mystery Chinese spacecraft returns to Earth after 276 days

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The Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft and three astronauts, takes off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center for a crewed mission to build China's space station, near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China June 5, 2022. cnsphoto via REUTERS
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China successfully launches a pilot reusable spacecraft

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NASA launches test mission of asteroid-deflecting spacecraft

A child stands near a giant screen showing the images of the Tianhe space station at an exhibition featuring the development of China's space exploration on the country's Space Day at China Science and Technology Museum in Beijing, China April 24, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
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Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft set to launch to China's space station -state media

SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk attends a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US January 19, 2020. Photo :Reuters
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SpaceX launches record spacecraft in cosmic rideshare program

Hayabusa2 Spaceship. Picture: Collected
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Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft approaches Earth to drop asteroid samples

The mission will attempt to collect 2 kg (4-1/2 lbs) of samples in a previously unvisited area in a massive lava plain known as Oceanus Procellarum, or “Ocean of Storms”. Photo: Reuters
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China successfully lands spacecraft on moon to retrieve lunar rocks