Kosmos 482, was launched by the USSR in 1972 and once bound for Venus, but a badly configured timer onboard the probe meant ...

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus.

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions ...

Cosmos 482, launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1972 with a destination of Venus, malfunctioned and has been in ...

The craft was last detected over Germany and is believed to have completed an uncontrolled re-entry after a botched mission ...

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The Kosmos 482 spacecraft made a reentry into Earth's atmosphere, splashing down in the Indian Ocean approximately 560 ...

Much of the spacecraft came tumbling back to Earth within a decade of the failed launch. No longer able to resist gravity’s ...

A half-ton Soviet spacecraft that never made it to Venus 53 years ago is expected to fall back to Earth this weekend. Built ...

The 50-plus-year-old spacecraft was trapped in Earth orbit for decades. Now, it has likely fallen back home, according to the ...