On Saturday, a Soviet-era spacecraft made an uncontrolled descent to Earth, over fifty years after its unsuccessful launch ...

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one never made it out of orbit around Earth, stranded there by a ...

A probe launched from the Soviet Union more than five decades ago has plummeted back to Earth, splashing down in the Indian ...

A car-sized piece of Soviet rocket has crashed back through the atmosphere, after 53 years in orbit. It is not immediately ...

Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 reentered Earth's atomosphere Saturday morning after 53 years in orbit during a failed attempt to launch into Venus.

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, ...

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 has finally returned to Earth after 53 years in orbit. It disappeared into the Indian ...

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

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

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 could crash to Earth overnight tonight after more than 50 years in the wrong orbit.