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 ...

Its return also revives memories of a darker chapter in space history: the 1978 crash of another Soviet satellite, Kosmos 954, which scattered radioactive debris across northern Canada. Launched on ...

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 ...

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 has finally returned to Earth after 53 years in orbit. It disappeared into the Indian ...