Failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 came crashing back down to Earth after more than half a century in space - and scientists ...

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

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

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

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

Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft is likely to have re-entered the Earth's atmosphere after being stuck in orbit for more than ...

A Soviet spacecraft originally launched toward Venus in 1972 has astonishingly returned to Earth after spending over half a ...

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

Launched in 1972, the failed Venus probe has been stuck in Earth orbit ever since. Now it's hurtling back down to Earth.

A half-ton Soviet spacecraft that never made it to Venus 53 years ago is expected to fall back to Earth this weekend. Built ...

Debris from the 50 year-old probe Cosmos 482 crash-landed into the Indian Ocean over the weekend.