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Mon Mar  1 17:41:45 1982
Soviet Space Probe
One of two recent probes launched by the USSR last year reached
and landed on Venus today, Tass said.  The second probe is due to
land Friday.  Reportedly, the probe sent back 127 minutes worth of
transmission and scooped up soil on its first day.  The mother ship
passed within 23,000 miles of the planet.

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