The Kosmos 482 spacecraft, a Soviet mission launched in 1972 for an unsuccessful trip to Venus, reentered Earth’s atmosphere ...

After over five decades in Earth's orbit, the Soviet Venus lander, Kosmos 482, reentered the atmosphere on May 10, 2025, ...

In an astonishing twist, theKosmos 482, a Russian spacecraft launched in 1972, is thought to have finally fallen to Earth ...

An out-of-control Russian spacecraft has probably plummeted to Earth, after 53 years stuck in orbit, experts say. In recent ...

Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine malfunction.

The Kosmos 482 spacecraft made a reentry into Earth's atmosphere, splashing down in the Indian Ocean approximately 560 ...

The probe is projected to crash between between 52° North and 52° South - a big span of the Earth that just includes a ...

It’s not every day that a space relic comes home. But this week, a forgotten Soviet spacecraft finally ended its long wait.

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus.