The time part or all of the dead probe is expected to impact Earth continues to narrow in on Friday overnight into Saturday ...

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 ...

Cosmos 482, the exploratory spacecraft launched toward Venus by the Soviet Union in March 1972, has finally ended its mission. The 50-year-old lander probe returned to Earth early Saturday ...

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

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

A Soviet-era spacecraft is set to reenter Earth's atmosphere after over 50 years, returning this week from its failed mission to Venus. NASA said on May 5 that Cosmos 482 will return to Earth ...

Because the Soviet-era spacecraft was designed to survive the extreme ... and now it's on the cusp of finally plummeting back to its home world. News of Cosmos 482's impending crash landing has been ...

A 50-plus-year-old Soviet-era spacecraft is expected to return to Earth this weekend. Cosmos 482 was launched to space by the Soviet Union in March 1972, with the intent of landing on Venus to ...

Cosmos 482 was one in a pair of identical Venus atmospheric lander probes that launched in 1972. Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft that failed to reach Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon crash ...