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History Crashes to Earth: The Long Journey of Venus Probe Kosmos 482
During the height of the Cold War in the 1960s and 1970s, the USSR launched 29 spacecraft towards Venus, the planet ...
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After 53 years in orbit – Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 will fall to Earth between May 8 and 11 and could survive re-entry
When it launched in the spring of 1972, Kosmos 482 was meant to land on Venus. Instead, it’s on track to land a little closer ...
Uncontrolled re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere of the Russian spacecraft Kosmos 482: impact expected on May 9
A half-ton Russian satellite that was built to land on Venus but never left Earth’s orbit could fall out of the sky intact in ...
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Cold War-era Soviet probe set to crash back to Earth next week
A defunct Soviet Kosmos 482 Venus lander from 1972 is predicted to crash into Earth's atmosphere around May 10, 2025. Learn why this tough capsule might survive reentry.
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Failed Soviet satellite is falling back to Earth — scientists warn car-sized probe could be deadly
Launched in March 1972 by the USSR, the Kosmos 482 probe was dispatched to gather data from Venus’ inhospitable surface, Livescience reported. However, due to a malfunction with one of the ...
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Soviet-era spacecraft is set to plunge to Earth a half-century after its failed launch to Venus
"But it cannot be completely excluded."The Soviet Union launched the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 in 1972, one of a series of Venus missions. But it never made it out of Earth orbit because of ...