Kosmos 482 was part of the Soviet Union's storied Venera program of Venus exploration. The probe launched toward the second ...

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

The Kosmos 482 probe crashed to Earth today (May 10) after circling our planet for more than five decades. Reentry occurred ...

Kosmos 482’s reentry highlights the increasing problem of space debris orbiting the Earth ... adding to the expanding issue ...

A Soviet space probe, stranded in Earth’s orbit for 53 years, is set to re-enter the atmosphere this week. And it may not ...

there have been no known cases of space debris causing fatalities. In a blog post about Kosmos 482, ESA officials emphasized that the risk of injury from reentering satellites is extremely low. “The ...

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

The craft was last detected over Germany and is believed to have completed an uncontrolled re-entry after a botched mission ...

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

The spacecraft, stuck in orbit since 1972 after an unsuccessful mission to Venus, plunged into the Indian Ocean.