The Soviet Union aimed for Venus, but hit the Indian Ocean instead The odyssey of the Soviet Union's failed attempt to reach ...

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

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

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, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions ...

The spacecraft, stuck in orbit since 1972 after an unsuccessful mission to Venus, plunged into the Indian Ocean.

Launched in 1972, Kosmos 482 was intended to be part of the Soviet Union's Venera program that collected data from Venus. But ...

Kosmos 482, launched in 1972, was meant to explore Venus ... Mothers of Arizona through the years There have been over 2,500 ...

A 53-year-old Soviet spacecraft is set to crash to Earth soon. Kosmos 482 was launched in 1972 and was bound for Venus. The craft may reenter Earth's atmosphere at 250 km/h on May 10. A 53-year ...

The author is indeed to be congratulated on producing a volume which is absolutely indispensable for all archæologists and physical anthropologists outside the Soviet Union. One of the tragedies ...