Cosmos 482 launched four days after Venera 8 and it is believed that a malfunction resulted in an engine burn, which did not achieve the needed velocity to reach Venus' atmosphere, according to NASA.

Cosmos 482, the exploratory spacecraft launched toward Venus by the Soviet Union in March 1972, has finally ended its mission. The 50-year-old lander probe returned to Earth early Saturday, May 10 ...

Cosmos 482 launched four days after Venera 8 and it is believed that a malfunction resulted in an engine burn, which did not achieve the needed velocity to reach Venus' atmosphere, according to NASA.

Cosmos 482 launched four days after Venera 8 and it is believed that a malfunction resulted in an engine burn, which did not achieve the needed velocity to reach Venus' atmosphere, according to NASA.

Ten of those missions successfully landed on the hot, barren planet, but the rocket carrying Kosmos 482 malfunctioned. Its upper stage, which contained the descent craft, got stuck in Earth orbit.

The Cosmos 482 object’s trajectory showed it could have landed within a broad swath of land that includes “the whole of Africa, South America, Australia, the USA, parts of Canada, parts of ...

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.

Space debris re-enters Earth every day. Most burn up in the atmosphere. But Russia's 1972 failed Venera mission probe Cosmos 482 is different. It was meant to land on Venus in 1972 at the height ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft, Cosmos 482 (also spelled Kosmos 482), is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere and crash on Saturday. Originally launched in March 1972 as part of a mission to explore ...

Cosmos 482 launched four days after Venera 8 and it is believed that a malfunction resulted in an engine burn, which did not achieve the needed velocity to reach Venus' atmosphere, according to NASA.

The Cosmos 482 object’s trajectory showed it could have landed within a broad swath of land that includes “the whole of Africa, South America, Australia, the USA, parts of Canada, parts of ...