Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A replica of the descent capsule of the Soviet Venera-9 mission, a precursor to Kosmos 482, depicting the first soft landing on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft that failed to reach Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon crash back on Earth. The Cosmos 482 ...

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Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft may return to Earth this week, more than 50 years after it embarked on a botched mission to Venus. Cosmos 482 launched in 1972 with the intent of landing on Venus for ...

A Soviet spacecraft launched a half-century ago called Kosmos 482 has been orbiting the Earth for decades and is at last expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere this coming weekend. The rogue probe is ...

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft shrouded in Cold War secrecy, will reenter the Earth’s atmosphere in the next few days after misfiring on a journey to Venus more than 50 years ago. On average, a ...

A Soviet spacecraft that failed to launch to Venus is set to fall back to Earth in the next week. The Kosmos 482 capsule was built for Venus's brutal atmosphere, so it will likely survive Earth's. The ...