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, a Venus probe launched by the Soviet Union in 1972, is expected to fall to Earth this weekend. Stay up to date on ...

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 could crash to Earth overnight tonight after more than 50 years in the wrong orbit.

Kosmos 482 crashed into Earth on May 10, confirmed Roscosmos. The spacecraft reentered at 2:24 am ET, falling into the Indian Ocean. Launched in 1972, it malfunctioned and remained in orbit for 53 ...

What set Kosmos 482 apart — and earned it extra attention from government and private space trackers — was that it was more likely to survive reentry, according to officials. It was also ...

What is the Soviet-era spacecraft, Cosmos 482? Cosmos 482 – also referred to as Kosmos 482 – is believed ... of the globe could be a potential reentry location for the space debris.

The object — part of the Kosmos-482 spacecraft that launched 53 years ... “The risk of any satellite reentry causing injury is extremely remote. The annual risk of an individual human being ...

Credit: ESA/ESOC Space Debris Office Update for 3 p.m. ET on May 9: According to the European Space Agency, the current reentry window for the Kosmos 482 Venus probe is 2:37 a.m. ET (0637 GMT ...