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

An innovative approach for fully reusable spacecraft suggests making them "sweat" to survive the scorching heat during ...

53年間宇宙に取り残されていた残骸が地球へ。地球低軌道から53年間脱出できなかった宇宙着陸船が、数週間以内に地球の大気圏に突入すると予想されています。探査機は極度の熱に耐えられるように設計されているため、大気圏突入で燃え尽きなかった一部が地球に衝突する可能性もあるそうです。耐熱設計なので、燃えずにやってくる！オランダで衛星追跡をしているMarco Langbroek氏が、旧ソビエトの宇宙船の着陸 ...

Cosmos 482, launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1972 with a destination of Venus, malfunctioned and has been in ...

The time part or all of the dead probe is expected to impact Earth continues to narrow in on Friday overnight into Saturday ...

The 50-plus-year-old spacecraft was trapped in Earth orbit for decades. Now, it has likely fallen back home, according to the ...

A failed Soviet-era spacecraft that became trapped in Earth’s orbit by mistake more than 50 years ago is expected to make a crash landing back on Earth early Saturday.

Kosmos-482, a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1972, crash-lands after 53 years, reminding us of Cold War-era space exploration ...

That out-of-control spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 has 'probably crashed' by now, and experts think they know where it could have landed.

In the decades since its launch, the spacecraft circled Earth aimlessly as it was slowly dragged back toward home.

Russia's space agency says the Kosmos 482 lander has made an uncontrolled re-entry to Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.

The Soviet Venus probe Kosmos 482 is expected to fall to Earth on May 10, but exactly when and where remains unknown. The 950 ...