Venera 8, a Soviet probe for a set of Venus missions, was Cosmos 482’s sibling spacecraft. NASA The final day of the 53-year, errant flight of the Soviet Union’s Cosmos 482 space probe is upon us. The European Space Agency (ESA) now predicts that the rugged, half-ton spacecraft once bound for Venus will crash to
While odds are high that the spacecraft will safely plunge into a body of water somewhere in the world, a large degree of uncertainty surrounds Cosmos 482. Soviet-era spacecraft to reenter Earth’s atmosphere after 50 years A Soviet-era spacecraft is set to reenter Earth’s atmosphere more than 50 years after a failed mission to Venus.
Both astronauts look tired, thinner and with a duller complexion, but can be seen grinning from ear to ear after they splashed back down on Earth nine months after jetting off into space 09:40, 19 Mar 2025Updated 09:47, 19 Mar 2025 Butch and Suni before they set off on their trip(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
NASA astronauts Sunita ‘Suni’ Williams and Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore have finally returned to Earth’s surface. Eyes across the world were glued to screens as the highly awaited return of the astronauts finally came, with re-entry, parachute deployment, and splashdown going smoothly after a 17-hour journey back to the surface. The pair were originally sent up