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Launched in March 1972, Kosmos 482 was bound for Venus. The mission was part of the Soviet Union’s Venera program. But a ...
The spacecraft is on a trajectory to crash on Earth on May 10, more than 53 years after its failed mission to Venus. Launched ...
The probe’s return to Earth had been closely monitored by multiple space agencies, including the European Space Agency (ESA) ...
The Soviet Venus probe Kosmos 482 is expected to fall to Earth on May 10, but exactly when and where remains unknown.
The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 has finally returned to Earth after 53 years in orbit. It disappeared into the Indian ...
The object, referred to as Cosmos 482 or Kosmos 482 ... seeking to ensure that objects don’t collide in space or pose a risk ...
"While the risk is nonzero, any one individual on Earth is far likelier to be struck by lightning than to be injured by Cosmos 482," according ... within the current safety threshold." ...