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Kosmos 482 —originally launched on March 31, 1972, as part of the Soviet Union's ambitious Venera program to explore Venus—is ...
In 1972, the Soviet Union’s Venera 8 spacecraft became the second ever to land on Venus. It operated for 50 minutes in the ...
It’s one straight out of the history books. After over 50 years in space, the late Soviet Union’s Kosmos-482 mission is set ...
A half-ton Russian satellite that was built to land on Venus but never left Earth’s orbit could fall out of the sky intact in ...
The lander section of the Kosmos 482 probe was launched in 1972 and designed to survive on Venus. Now it's due a fiery ...
The spacecraft was designed to survive falling through Venus's atmosphere. 53 years after launch, it's coming back.
The Soviet lander Cosmos 482, launched in 1972 but never reached its destination on Venus, is ready for an uncontrolled ...
Jennifer Belissent, principal data strategist at cloud data platform Snowflake, shares her view that an open source approach ...
A heat-protected capsule that the USSR had intended to reach Venus is on a collision path with Earth, with astronomer Marco ...
It's been floating above our planet for more than 50 years. But a satellite operated by the Soviets is finally set to crash ...
A fragment of the failed Soviet Venus probe Cosmos 482 is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere around May 10, though experts say the exact timing and location remain uncertain.
It’s the end of the road for Theatre Conspiracy. At least in Southwest Florida. But mastermind Bill Taylor promises this: ...