Soviet-era spacecraft Kosmos 482 re-enters Earth's atmosphere after 53 years in orbit without causing injuries or damage, ...

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

Kosmos 482’s last orbit and its stranded mission to Venus Before it finally perished, Kosmos 482 did one last orbit of the Earth. Astronomer Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project caught ...

The Kosmos 482 probe, a relic from the first Space Race ... Soyuz rocket booster that lofted the ship skyward scrubbed its mission, leaving the craft with just enough velocity to be marooned ...

The Kosmos-482 mission was over shortly after it began, when a rocket malfunction during launch meant that it would never be able to reach its destination. After the vehicle’s upper stage failed ...

The Kosmos 482 probe was built and launched in 1972 as part of the Soviet Union's Venera mission to explore Venus. The Soviets successfully launched the Venera 7 and 8 probes, which were the first ...

Kosmos 482, launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 for a Venus mission, got stuck in Earth's orbit due to a rocket failure and never left. A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday ...