Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit

50-year-old Soviet spacecraft expected to crash on Earth this weekend

On March 31, 1972, the Soviet Union launched a spacecraft as part of a series of unmanned missions to Venus known as the Venera program. But the spacecraft never made it to Venus. Instead, the capsule — dubbed Kosmos-482 — began spiraling back towards Earth. Researchers now say it’s expected to land somewhere on the planet this weekend.Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer with the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, says the reason Kosm…

Soviet spacecraft plunges to Earth after 50 years stuck in space

A half-ton relic of the Soviet space program has made a fiery re-entry – but scientists aren’t exactly sure where it landed.

Old Decommissioned Soviet Spacecraft Kosmos 482 Plunges Into Indian Ocean After Failing To Reach Venus, and Spending More Than Half a Century in the Earth’s Orbit

After a 53-year-long space adventure, the decommissioned Soviet space probe Kosmos 482 probe came crashing down to Earth today, and plunged into the Indian Ocean west of Jakarta, Indonesia.

Soviet-era spacecraft falls back to Earth

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus.

A Soviet-era spacecraft crashed to Earth on Saturday, more than half a century after its failed launch to Venus.

Moscow, 10 May (EFE).- The Soviet space probe Cosmos 482, launched in March 1972 in order to explore the planet Venus, but which never left Earth orbit, fell on Saturday in the Indian Ocean, as reported today by the Russian space agency Roscosmos. The apparatus “ stopped existing as it left its orbit and fell into the Indian Ocean,” notes the statement hung on Telegram. https://holanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/rss-efe1debb400-2c6e-4969-9b…