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A Soviet Venus probe from 1972 is set to re-enter Earth's atmosphere soon, and parts of it might survive the plunge timesca.com/soviet-space... #SovietSpace #VenusProbe #SpaceHistory #SpaceNews #Baikonur #Kazakhstan
Soviet Space Probe to Fall to Earth 50 Years After Baikonur Launch - The Times Of Central Asia
In 1972, the Soviet Union launched a Venus-bound lander probe called Cosmos 482 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which was then a Soviet republic.
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May 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A 50-year-old Cold War relic, the Kosmos 482 Venus probe, is falling back to Earth. Its tough Venus-lander design means it will likely survive reentry. A rare piece of space history returns. #SpaceJunk #Kosmos482 #SovietSpace
May 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Heads up: A failed Soviet Venus lander, Kosmos 482, orbiting since 1972, is expected to make an uncontrolled reentry around May 10th. Built tough for Venus, the 1091lb piece might survive the fall, though the personal risk is tiny.
#SpaceJunk #Kosmos482 #SovietSpace
May 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"The club we now know began life in 1957 as the sports club of a Soviet collective farm, coinciding with the year the USSR launched Sputnik into orbit. 🛰️🚜 #VeresHistory #SovietSpace"
April 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
On 12 January 1955, the first builders of the future cosmodrome arrived at Baikonur.

#USSR #SovietUnion #Baikonur #Cosmodrome #Space #SpaceRace #SovietSpace #Socialism #Communism
January 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Before Apollo, there was Luna 9: the first spacecraft to land softly on the Moon in 1966, paving the way for lunar exploration. #RandomFact #DailyFact #SpaceHistory #MoonLanding #SovietSpace
February 3, 2026 at 11:01 AM
The Soviet Union's Venera 7 made history in 1970 as the first spacecraft to land on Venus—and survive long enough to send data back to Earth! �☄️ #RandomFact #DailyFact #SpaceHistory #Venus #SovietSpace
August 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
⚠️New #article online!

🛡️Contested Securitisation of #Migration in the #Post-SovietSpace: The Case of Russian Migrants in #Georgia

🔍 Find out here: shorturl.at/HCR0N

✒️ Kornely Kakachia, Salome Minesashvili, Salome Kandelaki & Bidzina Lebanidze
June 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
⚠️New #article online!

🛡️Contested Securitisation of #Migration in the #Post-SovietSpace: The Case of Russian Migrants in #Georgia

🔍Read it here: shorturl.at/HCR0N

✒️ Kornely Kakachia, Salome Minesashvili, Salome Kandelaki & Bidzina Lebanidze
April 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Met a woman today introduced as Val. Asked if short for something. She said Valentina. I said a good Russian name like Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space. Turns out she has the same surname also. She also named her son Yuri, in honour to Yuri Gagarin. #spacehistory #sovietspace
January 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM