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 ...

A defunct Soviet satellite is slated to hurtle back to Earth next week, prompting concerns from space experts ... Launched in March 1972 by the USSR, the Kosmos 482 probe was dispatched to gather ...

Kosmos-482 was launched on a voyage to Venus in March 1972 as part of the Soviet multimission Venera program. Thanks to a rocket malfunction, however, it never escaped Earth orbit. Most of its ...

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

Kosmos-482, which was headed to Venus, is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere by the end of this weekend. Experts don’t yet know where it may come down. By Nadia Drake A robotic Soviet ...

we project a risk of 0.4 in 10,000 — which falls well within the current safety threshold." Satellite trackers and astronomers have been tracking Kosmos 482 for years. In 2019, there were ...

If Kosmos 482 does manage to do some damage, it won’t be the first time. Shortly after launch, pieces of titanium rained down on New Zealand after the probe’s booster failed to send it on its ...

A similar fate is expected to await the Soviet Kosmos 482 probe, which could fall to Earth tonight. | Credit: Getty Images The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 will conclude its roughly 50-year ...