Nedjeljka Žagar
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Nedjeljka Žagar
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Scientist and professor of theoretical meteorology at University of Hamburg, Germany. My lab: https://t.ly/utJgy, also https://t.ly/m8UF7
Reposted by Nedjeljka Žagar
A 495 kg Venus landing capsule, launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, will undergo an uncontrolled atmospheric reentry this week.

Part of the Venera programme, the object, known as Cosmos-482, failed to escape low-Earth orbit and is now returning to its home planet 53 years after launch.
May 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM