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Cosmos 482, a failed Soviet Venus probe launched in 1972 but left stranded in an elliptical Earth orbit that has slowly been decaying, reentered the atmosphere on May 10 at 6:24 UT. Because the probe was designed to withstand entry into the Venus atmosphere, it may have survived reentry, but it would have landed in the Indian Ocean. The ispace Resilience lunar lander mission entered lunar orbit on May 6 at 20:41 UT (May 7, 5:41 a.m. JST) in preparation for a landing on the Moon no earlier than 5 June 2025. The Lucy mission flew within about 960 km of asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson on 20 April 2025 with closest approach at 17:51 UT (1:51 p.m. EDT). For images from the flyby and more information, see the Lucy news release.This Day in Planetary and Lunar Exploration History
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