The World - News from Aug. 22, 1988
The body of a non-nuclear Soviet rocket crashed somewhere in northeastern Canada, with no injuries or damage reported, Defense Department spokesman Maj. Mike Stepp said in Washington. Pentagon officials provided no further details about the rocket but said it was not a part of the Cosmos 1900, a nuclear-powered Soviet spy satellite that has been out of control for several months. Cosmos 1900, launched last Dec. 12, is now expected to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere in late September or early October.
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