In the history of space exploration, the Soviet Union achieved some remarkable feats, one of which was landing a spacecraft on Venus,something that seemed impossible given the harsh conditions of the ...

The Venera mission, which launched from Kazakhstan on March 31, 1972, failed long before the Soviet Union could attempt to touch down on Venus. Because of a propulsion problem, it never escaped ...

It was originally one of the Soviet Union's Venera series of probes intended to explore the planet Venus. However, shortly after launch on March 31, 1972 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in what is ...

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

A Soviet-era spacecraft made a dramatic reentry into Earth’s atmosphere on Saturday, more than fifty years after its ill-fated launch toward Venus. The European Union Space Surveillance and ...

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one never made it out of orbit around Earth, stranded there by a ...

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one never made it out of orbit around Earth, stranded there by a ...

Kosmos 482, launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 for a Venus mission, got stuck in Earth's orbit due to a rocket failure and never left. A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday ...

scientists said.Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one never made it out of orbit around Earth ...

After failing to make it past Earth orbit on March 31, 1972, the remains of a Venus mission launched by the former Soviet Union circled our planet for years and was given the name Cosmos (or ...