Kosmos 482 was part of the Soviet Union's storied Venera program of Venus exploration. The probe launched toward the second planet from the sun in 1972 but never got there; its rocket suffered an ...

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 at 2:24 a.m. ET (0624 GMT or 9:24 a.m. Moscow time) over the Indian Ocean ...

Kosmos-482, a failed mission to Venus from the former Soviet Union that stalled in Earth orbit in the 1970s, is about to fall back to our planet. Exactly where or when it will strike, however, remains ...

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

Kosmos 482 was part of the Soviet Union's Venera program between 1961 and 1984, aiming to study Venus. However, due to a malfunction in its launch vehicle, the spacecraft failed to escape Earth's ...

Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft is likely to have re-entered the Earth's atmosphere after being stuck in orbit for more than ...

On March 31, 1972, the Soviet Union launched a spacecraft as ... Instead, the capsule — dubbed Kosmos-482 — began spiraling back towards Earth. Researchers now say it's expected to land ...

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 ...

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

So, here’s what we know about Kosmos 482’s hurtle back to Earth. Kosmos 482 was launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It was built to land on Venus.