This Soviet stamp commemorates the Venera 8 mission to Venus. The USSR went all-out with its commemorative spaceflight memorabilia: postage stamps, lapel pens, and even fountain pens shaped like ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Eric Mack is a reporter covering science, sustainability and space. The final hours of the 53-year, errant flight of the Soviet ...

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A Soviet spacecraft launched in 1972 on a failed mission to Venus is believed to have crashed back to Earth early on Saturday morning. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

Kosmos 482 has come home. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A failed Soviet Venus lander's long space odyssey has come to an end.

After over five decades in Earth's orbit, the Soviet Venus lander, Kosmos 482, reentered the atmosphere on May 10, 2025, splashing down in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia. A malfunction during its ...

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Most calculations predict the decaying probe's remnants could come crashing down early Saturday morning. Given its orbit, the spacecraft could land pretty much anywhere, astronomers calculate. But ...

A 50-plus-year-old Soviet-era spacecraft is expected to return to Earth this weekend. Cosmos 482 was launched to space by the Soviet Union in March 1972, with the intent of landing on Venus to conduct ...