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Cosmos 482, the exploratory spacecraft launched toward Venus by the Soviet Union in March 1972, has finally ended its mission. The 50-year-old lander probe returned to Earth early Saturday, May 10, ...
On March 5, 1982, the Soviet Union's Venera 14 spacecraft landed on Venus! [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] ...
The recent fall to Earth of a failed Soviet Venus probe from the 1970s has become a detective story of sorts. Different computer models were used to predict the reentry. But why were they divergent, ...