Out of Danger: Soviet probe Kosmos 482 falls into the Indian Ocean

The Soviet probe Kosmos 482, originally designed to explore Venus, ended its 53-year-long journey with an uncontrolled re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. Launched in 1972 during the Cold War, the mission had high ambitions: while its sister spacecraft Venera 8 managed to reach Venus and transmit scientific data, Kosmos 482 did not [...]