Russian rocket crashes back into Russia after 42 years
A decades-old Soviet era piece of space junk has crashed back to Earth after over 40 years in orbit, improbably crash landing back in its home country, Russia. The abandoned Soviet Vostok-2M Blok E rocket stage, weighing more than 3,000 pounds, "made an uncontrolled reentry over Novaya Zemlya at…
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