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

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within ...

The Kosmos 482 probe crashed to Earth today (May 10) after circling our planet for more than five decades. Reentry occurred ...

Kosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft that never made it beyond Earth’s orbit on its way to Venus, is due to come crashing down on ...

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

The spacecraft, stuck in orbit since 1972 after an unsuccessful mission to Venus, plunged into the Indian Ocean.

Cosmos 482 was launched to space by the Soviet Union in 1972 and was supposed to reach Venus. It has been stuck in Earth's ...

A Soviet space probe launched in the 1970s on a failed mission to Venus is expected to land back on Earth as early as this ...

Kosmos 482, a spacecraft designed to land on Venus and marooned in Earth orbit since being launched by the U.S.S.R. in 1972, ...

A Soviet spacecraft, Kosmos 482, launched in 1972 for a failed Venus mission, is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere this ...

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

Not for too much longer, though: According to LiveScience, a telescope analysis by Dutch space researcher and satellite ...