Soviet Kosmos 482 spacecraft crashes into an unknown site on Earth

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Soviet Kosmos 482 spacecraft crashes into an unknown site on Earth

A Soviet spacecraft launched in 1972 on a failed mission to Venus is believed to have crashed back onto Earth early on Saturday morning.The European Space Agency, which was monitoring the craft's uncontrolled descent, said it was last spotted by radar over Germany. At at the time of its expected crash, radars could no longer detect the Kosmos 482, concluding that “it is most likely that the reentry has already occurred.”No injuries or damage have been reported.The Kosmos 482 spacecraft was part of the U.S.S.R's Venera program, a series of probes that were developed to research the planet Venus. Ten ..