The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 has finally returned to Earth after 53 years in orbit. It disappeared into the Indian ...

A failed Venus mission fell from the sky over the weekend after aimlessly orbiting Earth for the past 53 years. Various ...

Cosmos 482, launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1972 with a destination of Venus, malfunctioned and has been in ...

A spacecraft that's been hanging around in orbit after a botched launch more than half a century ago has finally crashed back ...

The Kosmos-482 automated interplanetary station, launched in 1972 to study Venus, has returned to Earth, crashing into the ...

A Soviet-area spacecraft that orbited Earth for more than 50 years crashed into the Indian Ocean on Saturday, Russian ...

Humanity lives to fight another day after the failed Soviet lander re-entered our atmosphere at 2:24AM ET on Saturday before harmlessly splashing down in the Indian Ocean west of Jakarta, Indonesia, ...

The Kosmos 482 spacecraft made a reentry into Earth's atmosphere, splashing down in the Indian Ocean approximately 560 ...

Western Australia has dodged a bullet after avoiding being hit by a defective Cold War era Soviet spacecraft on Saturday ...

The Soviet-era Kosmos 482 spacecraft, originally launched in March 1972 as part of the Soviet Union's Venera program, has re-entered ...

Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine malfunction.

A potentially destructive Soviet Venus lander that was lost in space for over half a century has reentered the Earth's ...