The 50-plus-year-old spacecraft was trapped in Earth orbit for decades. Now, it has likely fallen back home, according to the ...

Time was, the Soviet Union fairly owned Venus. From 1961 to 1983, the U.S.’s old space race rival launched 16 probes, Venera ...

A Soviet space probe that has been trying to get to Venus for the past 53 years is ... episode in Canadian-Soviet relations and space history. Kosmos 482 is not radioactive, but it was designed ...

After over five decades in Earth's orbit, the Soviet Venus lander, Kosmos 482, reentered the atmosphere on May 10, 2025, splashing down in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia. A malfunction during its ...

A fragment of the failed Soviet Venus probe Cosmos 482 is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere around May 10, though ...

Fifty years ago, the former Soviet Union launched a probe to Venus. However, the rocket engines shut off too early, and the ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft that was designed ... attention because of Cosmos 482’s unique history. “This object was designed to survive reentering Venus, so there’s fair odds that it’ll ...

A Soviet spacecraft from the Cold War era is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere after 53 years in orbit. The spacecraft, ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ... As the last remnant of the Soviet Venus program left in Earth orbit, it’s not your average piece of space junk.