Representational AI image A Soviet spacecraft called Kosmos 482 is about to fall back to Earth more than 50 years after it failed to reach Venus. Launched in 1972 as part of the USSR’s Venera programme, the aircraft aimed to study the solar system’s hottest planet. But due to a rocket failure, it never left […]
A former Soviet spacecraft is predicted to crash back to Earth this week. Weighing approximately 453 kg, Kosmos 482 will reenter the planet’s atmosphere around May 10, CNN reported. Launched in 1972, Kosmos 482 malfunctioned on its way to Venus. An issue with a timer resulted in an early engine shutdown, trapping the Soviet spacecraft […]
Kosmos 482 may look a bit like this (Photo credit: Nasa) A Soviet spacecraft launched in the 1970s for a mission to Venus is now expected to make an uncontrolled return to Earth, according to space debris-tracking experts.Dutch scientist and satellite tracker Marco Langbroek from Delft University of Technology says the re-entry of the failed […]
A Soyuz spacecraft, adorned to commemorate the 80th anniversary of World War II’s conclusion, departed from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome on Tuesday, transporting an American and two Russians to the International Space Station.The MS-27 vessel lifted off at 10.47 am local time (0547 GMT), with Russian Roscosmos space agency broadcasting the launch. The spacecraft achieved orbit […]
