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Soviets were headed to Venus in 1972. The spacecraft is about to return.

The final chapter for Kosmos 482. A Cold War-era spacecraft is heading home after a half-century adrift. Back in the 1970s, the Soviet Union had its sights set on Venus, sometimes known as Earth’s evil twin. A thick atmosphere traps heat in a runaway greenhouse effect, making it the hottest planet in the solar …