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Voskhod 2 Revisited: The Peril Behind Leonov’s First Spacewalk

An archival retrospective shows how the mission’s risks shaped today’s spacewalk rules.

Two Candidate Sites for Long‑Lost Luna 9 Flagged in LRO Images by AI and Crowdsourced Sleuthing

AI Flags Credible Luna 9 Candidate Site in Lunar Orbiter Data

AI and Crowd Sleuths Home In on Rival Sites for the Long-Lost Luna 9 Lander

Baikonur Pad Damage Halts Crewed Soyuz Launches

Soviet Venus Probe Kosmos 482 Reenters Earth After 53 Years in Orbit

Soviet Venus Probe Kosmos 482 Crashes Into Indian Ocean After 53 Years in Orbit

Cosmos 482 Reentry Sparks Conflicting Reports on Final Fate

Soviet-Era Kosmos-482 Spacecraft Crashes Into Indian Ocean After 53 Years in Orbit

Soviet Kosmos 482 Probe Reenters Earth, Impact Confirmed in Indian Ocean

Soviet Kosmos-482 Probe Set for Uncontrolled Earth Reentry Today

Soviet Venus Probe Kosmos 482 Set for Uncontrolled Re-entry Today

Decades-Old Soviet Venus Probe Kosmos 482 Nears Uncontrolled Reentry

Soviet Venus Probe Kosmos 482 Nears Uncontrolled Reentry After 53 Years in Orbit

Soviet-Era Venus Probe Kosmos 482 Set for Uncontrolled Reentry Next Week

Soviet Venus Probe Kosmos 482 Set for Uncontrolled Re-entry Around May 10

Soviet Venus Probe Kosmos 482 Set for Uncontrolled Reentry After 53 Years

Putin Praises Elon Musk, Likens Him to Soviet Space Pioneer

Putin Praises Elon Musk as a Visionary Comparable to Soviet Space Pioneer

U.S.-Russian Crew Successfully Arrives at ISS for 245-Day Mission