A failed Soviet spacecraft has returned to Earth in an 'uncontrolled reentry' after 53 years stuck in space. The spacecraft, ...

More than 50 years ago in the early 1960s, the Soviet space program embarked on a bold new undertaking to go where no human ...

On Sunday, the failed Soviet Cosmos 482 crashed back down to earth fifty-three years after it was launched into orbit. But ...

COSMOS 482 Reentry - launched by Soviet Union March 31, 1972, it was intended to be a Venus lander. ESA confirms its landed ...

Debris from the 50 year-old probe Cosmos 482 crash-landed into the Indian Ocean over the weekend.

After more than half a century orbiting Earth, the Soviet-era space probe Cosmos 482 has brought its long and ultimately ...

Kosmos 482 was launched in March 1972 as part of the Soviet Venera program to explore Venus from the surface. A launch mishap ...

Launched in March 1972, Kosmos 482 was bound for Venus. The mission was part of the Soviet Union’s Venera program. But a ...

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The Cosmos 482 lander probe reentered Earth’s atmosphere May 10, just before 3 a.m. Toronto time, says NASA. Here’s where.

The probe’s return to Earth had been closely monitored by multiple space agencies, including the European Space Agency (ESA) ...

The Soviet craft has been floating around in space after it was launched in 1972. Now it is expected to make an "uncontrolled ...