The spacecraft, Kosmos 482, was meant to travel to Venus, but malfunctioned shortly after liftoff and entered an elliptical orbit around Earth, where its intact landing vehicle has remained.

In an astonishing twist, theKosmos 482, a Russian spacecraft launched in 1972, is thought to have finally fallen to Earth ...

The object — part of the Kosmos-482 spacecraft that launched 53 years ago — crashed to Earth at around 9:24 a.m. Moscow time (2:24 a.m. ET) on Saturday, according to the Russian space agency ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground ... In recent weeks, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 has been making an uncontrolled approach towards Earth.

The Soviet-era Kosmos 482, a Venus-bound spacecraft launched in 1972, is set to re-enter Earth's atmosphere between May 9 and ...

After more than five decades silently orbiting our planet, a relic of the Cold War space race is making a dramatic and fiery ...

Kosmos-482, which was headed to Venus, is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere by the end of this weekend. Experts don’t yet know where it may come down. By Nadia Drake A robotic Soviet ...

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

A failed Soviet Venus lander's long space odyssey has come to an end. The Kosmos 482 probe crashed to Earth today (May 10) after circling our planet for more than five decades. Reentry occurred at ...

Kosmos 482 was part of the Soviet Union's historic Venera program of Venus exploration, which landed the first probe on the planet's surface in 1970 with the Venera 7 craft, and later sent back ...

The Soviet Union launched over a dozen probes to Venus—most successfully. But one never made it past Earth’s orbit and has, in fact, stayed there since 1972. Now, over 50 years later, the one ...