The failed Soviet Venus lander Kosmos 482 has finally met its end after a remarkable 53-year journey in Earth orbit. Launched in 1972 under USSR's Venera programme, the probe re-entered Earth's ...

Soviet-era spacecraft Kosmos 482 re-enters Earth's atmosphere after 53 years in orbit without causing injuries or damage, ...

After over five decades in Earth's orbit, the Soviet Venus lander, Kosmos 482, reentered the atmosphere on May 10, 2025, ...

A spacecraft that's been hanging around in orbit after a botched launch more than half a century ago has finally crashed back ...

Kosmos 482 was launched on March 31, 1972, as part of the Soviet Union’s Venera program, which aimed to explore Venus. The spacecraft’s twin, Venera 8, successfully landed on Venus later that year.

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. Its uncontrolled entry was confirmed by both the Russian Space Agency and European ...

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft, could crash on Saturday after being trapped in Earth's orbit for more than 50 years. Here's when and where it could crash. An out-of-control Soviet-era ...

Kosmos 482, which launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus, never made it out of Earth's orbit and instead broke into four pieces that have been circling the planet for more than five decades.

After 53 years stuck in space, a Soviet spacecraft designed to land on Venus has finally crash-landed back on Earth. The ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A senior researcher at Indonesia's National Innovation Research Agency's (BRIN) Space Research Center, Thomas Djamaluddin, has reported that the spacecraft Kosmos 482 is expected ...

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one never made it out of orbit around Earth, stranded there by a ...