The spacecraft, dubbed Kosmos 482, had orbited the Earth since it launched in March 1972. It followed the Soviet Venera 8 ...

The Kosmos 482 probe crashed to Earth today (May 10) after circling our planet for more than five decades. Reentry occurred ...

Much of the spacecraft came tumbling back to Earth within a decade of the failed launch. No longer able to resist gravity’s ...

The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking confirmed Kosmos 482 landed back on Earth based on analysis.

Kosmos 482 was part of the Soviet Union's storied Venera program of Venus exploration. The probe launched toward the second ...

After more than five decades silently orbiting our planet, a relic of the Cold War space race is making a dramatic and fiery ...

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

Kosmos 482, a Venus probe launched by the Soviet Union in 1972, is expected to fall to Earth this weekend. Stay up to date on ...

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

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft launched in 1972, re-entered Earth’s atmosphere Saturday after over 50 years in orbit. Russia claimed it landed in the Indian Ocean, but the European Space Agency ...

The Kosmos 482 spacecraft, a Soviet spacecraft that was launched in 1972 on a failed trip to Venus, fell back into Earth on ...

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 could crash to Earth overnight tonight after more than 50 years in the wrong orbit.