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Exploring Earth’s Evil Twin

HISTORY This Week

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Introduction

The Nira-9 is a probe sent out by the Soviet Union to explore Earth's closest neighbor. The spacecraft has already traveled 186 million miles, but it's only just reached its destination. What it sees there, we can see too, thanks to the cameras the probe used to photograph its surroundings.

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