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Odds considered good that the 1,091-pound lander probe, which consists equipment encapsulated in a spherical pressure vessel, ...
The probe, known as Kosmos-482, was a Venus lander launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 and has been in Earth's orbit ever ...
It's still quite uncertain just where and when the craft will fall, although it is expected to reenter around 1:54 a.m. ET ...
Astronomers predict that the 500kg (1,100 lbs) landing module could hit the planet as early as this afternoon.
After a failed soviet union mission to venus 53 years ago the spacecraft has been left in orbit around earth since the early ...
Some recent spaceflight spectacles offer hints about what you might see if Kosmos 482 happens to fall through the sky above ...
Kosmos-482, a failed mission to Venus from the former Soviet Union that stalled in Earth orbit in the 1970s, is about to fall ...
Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft shrouded in Cold War secrecy, will reenter the Earth's atmosphere in the next few days ...
Time was, the Soviet Union fairly owned Venus. From 1961 to 1983, the U.S.’s old space race rival launched 16 probes, Venera ...
A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within days.
Kosmos 482, to give the careening craft its official name, was launched from the Soviet Union on March 31, 1972, bound for ...