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Soviet Spacecraft Kosmos 482 Crashes to Earth

Failed Soviet Venus lander Kosmos 482 crashes to Earth after 53 years in orbit

The Kosmos 482 probe crashed to Earth today (May 10) after circling our planet for more than five decades. Reentry occurred at 2:24 a.m. ET (0624 GMT or 9:24 a.m. Moscow time) over the Indian Ocean west of Jakarta, Indonesia, according to Russia's space agency Roscosmos. Kosmos 482 appears to have fallen harmlessly into the sea.

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Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 will crash into Earth soon: Online tracker resources are following its reentry

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 spacecraft.

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Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 crashes back to Earth, disappearing into Indian Ocean after 53 years in orbit

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 has finally returned to Earth after 53 years in orbit. It disappeared into the Indian Ocean early Saturday morning.

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This Soviet Spacecraft Will Soon Crash-Land on Earth

A defunct spacecraft from the former Soviet Union that has been stuck in space for more than half a century is, at last, about to come home. Kosmos-482 was launched on a voyage to Venus in ...

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After more than half a century, the voyage of Kosmos 482 is over

The odyssey of the Soviet Union's failed attempt to reach Venus came to an end over the weekend with the probe either ...

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