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A spacecraft that's been hanging around in orbit after a botched launch more than half a century ago has finally crashed back ...
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 ...
Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine malfunction.
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 probe crashed to Earth today (May 10) after circling our planet for more than five decades. Reentry occurred ...
Cosmos 482, launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1972 with a destination of Venus, malfunctioned and has been in ...
the European Space Agency, which was keeping an eye on the craft's uncontrollably falling trajectory, informed that radar last detected it above Germany. Radars stopped monitoring the Kosmos ...