A piece of Soviet-era space debris is expected to crash land down to Earth this weekend. The Russian Kosmos 482 spacecraft launched in 1972 could come plunging down some time between Friday and Sunday ...

Explore the fascinating tale of the Kola Superdeep Borehole, a monumental scientific endeavor by the Soviet Union that aimed ...

A Cold War-era spacecraft is about to return to Earth, the final leg of its failed mission to explore one of our closest cosmic neighbors. Kosmos 482 was launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 to travel ...

The Soviet Union launched a number of missions to explore Venus – this probe was from an earlier flight Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft is likely to have re-entered the Earth's atmosphere after being ...

Deep in the Arctic Circle, there’s a man-made hole that once earned the nickname “the entrance to hell.” The Kola Superdeep ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking confirmed its uncontrolled re-entry, ...

Cosmos 482, launched by the Soviet Union in 1972, is expected to fall to Earth around May 10, 2025, after approximately 53 years. SatTrackCam Leiden (b)log: Kosmos 482 Descent Craft reentry forecasts ...

The soon-to-reenter Soviet Cosmos 482 Venus probe is getting increased attention by satellite trackers – and new imagery provides some interesting details. That soon-to-reenter Cosmos 482 is getting ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. On May 10 of this year, the egg-shaped Kosmos-482 descent module, weighing roughly 1,091 pounds ...

An out-of-control Soviet spacecraft is set to crash into Earth this week - and it could hit Britain. And because the probe was designed to survive Venus’ harsh atmosphere, some parts, especially the ...

It may contain inaccuracies due to the limitations of machine translation. The predicted re-entry trajectory of the Kosmos 482 lander as of 9 AM KST on the 9th ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft has smashed into Earth, more than half a century after it was launched to go to Venus - but scientists don't know where it is. The European Union Space Surveillance and ...