Venera 1 was launched in 1961, only four years after Sputnik 1, the first satellite. Venera 7, in 1970, was the first ...

Kosmos 482 had been bound for Venus but never reached its destination. Russian space agency Roscosmos on Saturday said a Soviet space probe that took off in March 1972 to explore the planet Venus ...

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus ... entering the planet’s atmosphere at 9:24 a.m. Moscow time on Saturday, according to Roscosmos, the state corporation that runs the Russian space ...

Russian space agency Roscosmos on Saturday said a Soviet space probe that took off in March 1972 to explore the planet Venus crashed into the Indian Ocean. Planetary lander Kosmos 482 never made it to ...

entering the planet’s atmosphere at 9:24 a.m. Moscow time Saturday, according to Roscosmos, the state corporation that runs the Russian space program. Designed to land on the surface of Venus ...

Kosmos 482 was meant to explore Venus, but became an accidental satellite. Everything to know about the Soviet Venus probe ...

"While not without risk, we should not be too worried," Langbroek said. Related 'Venus is a Russian planet': Russian space agency announces national effort to explore Earth's twin The object is ...

While Russian authorities indicated it fell into ... This photo shows the planet Venus, seen from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Akatsuki probe (Image: AP) A Soviet-era spacecraft ...

"While not without risk, we should not be too worried," Langbroek said. Related 'Venus is a Russian planet': Russian space agency announces national effort to explore Earth's twin The object is ...

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus.