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 ...

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.

Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft is likely to have re-entered the Earth's atmosphere after being stuck in orbit for more than half a century, the European Space Agency said.

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

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972 ... “It recalls a time when the Soviet Union was adventurous in space — when we were all maybe more adventurous in space,” said Jonathan ...

旧ソ連時代の金星探査機「Kosmos 482」（コスモス482号）が5月10日、打ち上げから53年を経て地球に落下した。ロシア宇宙機関のRoscosmos（ロス ...

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 could crash to Earth overnight tonight after more than 50 years in the wrong orbit. Here are the latest predictions on the exact time of reentry ...

Also on the list is Algiers, Durban, Salvador, Hiroshima, and Bucharest. 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 ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft has smashed ... scientists don't know where it is. The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking confirmed Kosmos 482 landed back on Earth based on analysis.

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 ...

A Cold War-era spacecraft will come crashing down to Earth this weekend… but nobody quite knows where. The Soviet Union’s “Kosmos 482” probe launched in 1972, bound for Venus, but suffered a rocket ...

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one never made it out of orbit around Earth, stranded there by a ...