A space probe from the Soviet era is preparing to return to earth uncontrolled

Posted on May 07, 2025 at 11:53. / Modified on May 07, 2025 at 20:43.

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Cosmos 482 have been wandering in the earth’s suburbs for 53 years. Launched on March 31, 1972 from the Baikonour cosmodrome, this probe was, once in orbit, to receive an impulse responsible for placing it on the trajectory of Venus. The Soviets were then confident, four days after the successful launch of an identical first probe, will be 8, going to the same destination. At the time, the distant space missions were launched by pair, as failures were frequent.

Venera 8 will perfectly succeed in its task by landing on Venus 117 days later, offering unprecedented data on the conditions that reign on the surface of the planet, including a temperature of 465 ° C and atmospheric pressure almost a hundred times higher than that observed on earth in sea level. A real success for Soviet engineers and scientists.

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