The failed Soviet Venus lander Kosmos 482 has finally met its end after a remarkable 53-year journey in Earth orbit. Launched in 1972 under USSR's Venera programme, the probe re-entered Earth's ...

A SOVIET spacecraft once destined for Venus is expected to crash back to Earth on Saturday after more than 50 years stuck in ...

Kosmos 482 was launched in March 1972 as part of the Soviet Venera program to explore Venus from the surface. A launch mishap ...

The Soviet Union's failed Kosmos 482 Venus lander fell back to Earth today (May 10), bringing a five-decade space odyssey to ...

Whether the parachute or instrument shell would survive Earth reentry is highly doubtful-but the titanium casing could ...

This will be no ordinary space junk fall.The Soviet Union's failed Kosmos 482 spacecraft will crash to Earth in the coming ...

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

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

A renowned Irish space reporter has warned of a small - but very real - chance that part of a rocketship is going to crash ...

Some recent spaceflight spectacles offer hints about what you might see if Kosmos 482 happens to fall through the sky above ...

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions for exploring the solar system.

A car-sized piece of Soviet rocket has crashed back through the atmosphere, after 53 years in orbit. It is not immediately ...