Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to earth after 53 years stuck in orbit
Venera-4 model at the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, similar to the reentering spacecraft Kosmos 482. It was part of a series of missions bound for Venus, but never made it out of Earth’s orbit due to a rocket failure. Photo: https://blogs.esa.int/ A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday (May 10, 2025), more than a…