Crash of Soviet space vehicles lands on Earth after a half -century trip
After making the space for 53 years, a rebellious Soviet spatial vehicle called Kosmos-482 returned to Earth, entering the planet's atmosphere at 9:24 in Moscow on Saturday, according to Roscosmos, the state company that manages the Russian space program.Designed to land on the Venus surface, Kosmos-482 may have remained intact during his dip. He splashed in the Indian Ocean west of Jakarta, Indonesia, said Roscosmos.Kosmos-482 was launched on March 31, 1972, but stood in the terrestrial orbit after one of his rocket boosters closed prematurely. The return of the spacecraft to Earth was a reminder of the Cold War competition that pushed visions similar to science fiction of earth powers that projected into the sun system."Remember a time when the Soviet Union was adventurous in space -...