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After over five decades in Earth's orbit, the Soviet Venus lander, Kosmos 482, reentered the atmosphere on May 10, 2025, ...
Kosmos 482 was part of the Soviet Union's storied Venera program of Venus exploration. The probe launched toward the second ...
The Kosmos 482 probe crashed to Earth today (May 10) after circling our planet for more than five decades. Reentry occurred ...
The spacecraft was launched as part of the Soviet Union’s ambitious Venera program towards the fag end of the Space Race in ...
A Soviet space probe, stranded in Earth’s orbit for 53 years, is set to re-enter the atmosphere this week. And it may not ...
there have been no known cases of space debris causing fatalities. In a blog post about Kosmos 482, ESA officials emphasized that the risk of injury from reentering satellites is extremely low. “The ...
The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 has finally returned to Earth after 53 years in orbit. It disappeared into the Indian ...
While the risk of impact is low ... the enduring legacy of early space exploration and the unpredictability of space debris reentry. In conclusion, the return of the Kosmos 482 descent module serves ...
A spacecraft that's been hanging around in orbit after a botched launch more than half a century ago has finally crashed back ...
The spacecraft, stuck in orbit since 1972 after an unsuccessful mission to Venus, plunged into the Indian Ocean.