Debris from the 50 year-old probe Cosmos 482 crash-landed into the Indian Ocean over the weekend.

The failed Soviet Venus lander Kosmos 482 has finally met its end after a remarkable 53-year journey in Earth orbit. Launched in 1972 under USSR's Venera programme, the probe re-entered Earth's ...

Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine ...

Humanity lives to fight another day after the failed Soviet lander re-entered our atmosphere at 2:24AM ET on Saturday before harmlessly splashing down in the Indian Ocean west of Jakarta, Indonesia, ...

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 ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian regions are confirmed to be safe from the potential fall of the Kosmos 482 spacecraft module. According to the Senior Researcher of the National Innovation Research ...

However, the European Space Agency noted that its failure to pass over a German radar station raised doubts about the precise crash location. Originally launched in 1972 with a mission to Venus, ...

Kosmos 482 crashed into Earth on May 10 ... After it was announced that the satellite would crash, researchers predicted that it would make the plunge any time between May 9 and 13.

Kosmos 482 was part of the Soviet Union’s Venera program, which aimed to study Venus, details below. Follow Us Trending Photos ... As the spacecraft neared its expected crash time, radar signals ...

Radars stopped monitoring the Kosmos 482 at the time of its anticipated crash, indicating that “it is most likely that the reentry has already occurred,” NBC News reported. There are no ...

I mean, it’s a bit like a small plane crash, right? That’s not great.” The chances of anyone being killed or injured by Kosmos-482 are decidedly low. “I’m not too worried,” says Marco ...