Space debris re-enters Earth every day. Most burn up in the atmosphere. But Russia's 1972 failed Venera mission probe Cosmos 482 is different.It was meant to land on Venus in 1972 at the height of ...

given it was built to withstand a landing on Venus, the solar system’s hottest planet. The chances of anyone getting clobbered by spacecraft debris were exceedingly low, scientists said.

Space debris re-enters Earth every day. Most of it burns up in the atmosphere. But Russia's 1972 failed Venera mission probe Cosmos 482 is different. It was meant to land on Venus in 1972 at the ...

given it was built to withstand a landing on Venus, the solar system’s hottest planet. The chances of anyone getting clobbered by spacecraft debris were exceedingly low, scientists said.

given it was built to withstand a landing on Venus, the solar system’s hottest planet. The chances of anyone getting clobbered by spacecraft debris were exceedingly low, scientists said.

It was meant to land on Venus in 1972 at the height of the first space race ... expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere and come down in the Atlantic Ocean. Space debris from rockets and satellites ...