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

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

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

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

Russia has reported that the Kosmos-482 spacecraft, launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 for Venus exploration, crashed into ...

The Kosmos 482 probe, a relic from the first Space Race, crashed harmlessly into the Indian Ocean west of Jakarta, Indonesia at 2:24 a.m. EDT (6:24 a.m. GMT), the Russian space agency Roscosmos ...

and falling into the Indian Ocean, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said. The European Space Agency is monitoring Cosmos 482's uncontrolled descent. The spacecraft was last spotted on radar ...

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus.

A Soviet-area space crashed into the Indian Ocean Saturday, after spending more than 50 years stuck orbiting Earth after initially launched to study Venus (pictured). File Photo by Ismael Mohamad/UPI ...

A Soviet spacecraft, Kosmos 482, fell into the Indian Ocean on Saturday morning, 53 years after it failed to reach Venus, ...