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

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft launched in 1972, re-entered Earth’s atmosphere Saturday after over 50 years in orbit. Russia claimed it landed in the Indian Ocean, but the European Space Agency ...

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft, could crash on Saturday after being trapped in Earth's orbit for more than 50 years.

Kosmos 482 itself is part of the Soviet Union's Venus exploration program known as Venera. This spacecraft weighs about 1.2 ...

Cosmos (or Kosmos) 482's orbit has slowly brought it closer to our planet since 1972, and now it's on the cusp of plummeting ...

Part of a spacecraft that launched in 1972 and has been orbiting Earth for 53 years is due to reenter Earth’s atmosphere in the next two weeks and could crash ... known as Kosmos 482, was ...

it is far more probable that the spacecraft will make a splashdown rather than a crash landing on solid ground. Is there a chance Kosmos 482 could strike a person? Astrophysicist Dr Jonathan ...

Currently, Kosmos 482 is circling the planet at an orbit of around 140 kilometres at its lowest and 260km at its highest. This is rapidly dropping as it tumbles around the Earth, and experts predict ...

A remnant of Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 is headed for Earth this week after spending over half a century in space. The craft is expected to crash around May 9th or 10th, but scientists can’t ...