An out-of-control Russian spacecraft has probably plummeted to Earth, after 53 years stuck in orbit, experts say. In recent ...

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

Kosmos 482 was part of the Soviet Union's storied Venera program of Venus exploration. The probe launched toward the second ...

More than 50 years ago in the early 1960s, the Soviet space program embarked on a bold new undertaking to go where no human ...

Cosmos (or Kosmos) 482's orbit has slowly brought it closer to our planet since 1972, and now it's on the cusp of plummeting ...

Kosmos 482, a Venus probe launched by the Soviet Union in 1972, is expected to fall to Earth this weekend. Stay up to date on ...

Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine malfunction.

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 will conclude its roughly 50-year jaunt through Earth's orbit this weekend, with experts predicting it could crash back to our planet as soon as tonight ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft called Kosmos 482 has crashed on Earth after 53 years "stuck in orbit," according to The Associated ...

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

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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 ...