The Soviet Union launched the spacecraft known as Kosmos-482 in 1972, one of a series of Venus missions. But it never made it ...

The Soviets launched Kosmos 482 in 1972, intending to send it to Venus to join other spacecraft in their Venera program. But a rocket malfunction left this one stuck in orbit around Earth. Gravity ...

The odds of Kosmos 482 slamming into a populated area are ‘infinitesimally small’, said University of Colorado Boulder ...

Launched over 50 years ago, this piece of the Kosmos 482 mission was designed to survive the punishing conditions on Venus.

The final day of the 53-year, errant flight of the Soviet Union’s failed Venus space probe is now upon us. It's expected to ...

A remnant of the Soviet Venus program, Kosmos 482 has stayed aloft in in Earth's orbit for 53 years. But it may make a return ...

Odds considered good that the 1,091-pound lander probe, which consists equipment encapsulated in a spherical pressure vessel, ...

A bright Moon dominates the sky, passing two bright stars as Juno reaches opposition and Mercury dips toward the horizon in ...

A Russian spacecraft called Kosmos 482 will fall out of orbit and crash back down to Earth sometime between Friday afternoon ...

It's still quite uncertain just where and when the craft will fall, although it is expected to reenter around 2:26 am ET on ...