Now, more than 50 years later, this 495-kilogram spacecraft is finally expected to plunge back to Earth around May 10, 2025, ...

Latest satellite tracking data reveals that its parachutes could already have been released after tumbling in low Earth orbit ...

A piece of space junk called Cosmos 482 is unlikely to pose a threat to people or property. But space experts say it ...

A Soviet spacecraft is falling back to Earth after 50 years in orbit. Experts warn of possible debris impact as tracking ...

A decades-old Soviet spacecraft is expected to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere in the coming days, but it’s still a mystery as ...

Scientists have created an estimate which suggests several countries are at risk as Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 continues to ...

The Soviet Union launched Kosmos 482 on March 31, 1972. At the time, the spacecraft was part of the Venera program, which ...

A dramatic aircraft chase of a falling spacecraft has provided new insights into the fiery processes that accompany the ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft launched over 50 years ago is expected to make a fiery return to Earth this weekend between 8 May and ...

A defunct Soviet -era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is poised for an uncontrolled descent back to Earth.

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era probe, is reentering Earth this month. Launched in 1972 for a Venus mission, it failed to escape ...

Newly published images suggest that an unknown structure is trailing behind the Kosmos 482 probe on its descent to Earth. It ...