Russian satellite falls southeast of Hawaii

A large Russian spacecraft plunged back to Earth southeast of the Hawaiian Islands Sunday, almost 25 years after it was launched from Baikonur as part of Russia's vain attempt to put a cosmonaut on the moon. Cosmos 398 reentered at 3:09 p.m. EST Sunday and some heavy pieces of the 4,400-pound...

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