The world was watching the skies as Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft launched in 1972, made an uncontrolled re-entry into ...

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

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

Kosmos 482 was launched by the then-Soviet Union in 1972 as part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one never ...

The Soviet-era Kosmos 482 spacecraft, stranded in orbit since 1972, has reentered Earth's atmosphere in an uncontrolled descent, likely over water.

A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The half-ton spacecraft fell out of orbit on Saturday. The ...

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.

A Soviet spacecraft launched in 1972 on a failed mission to Venus is believed to have crashed back onto Earth early on ...