Soviet spacecraft built to land on Venus in 1972 spent 53 years orbiting Earth and finally returned without burning up

A Soviet spacecraft designed to land on Venus in 1972 finally completed its journey more than half a century later, though not in the way its builders intended. Kosmos 482, part of the Soviet Union's ambitious Venera programme, was supposed to explore the Solar System's hottest planet.

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