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

The Venera mission, which launched from Kazakhstan on March 31, 1972, failed long before the Soviet Union could attempt to ...

Kosmos 482 may crash back to Earth after 53 years in orbit, with reentry expected around May 10, 2025. Risk to public remains low.

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

Its uncontrolled entry was confirmed by both the Russian Space Agency and European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking. The Russians indicated ... the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a ...

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

Kosmos 482 appears to have fallen harmlessly into the sea. That's just one estimate, however; other space agencies and ...

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

After 53 years stuck in space, a Soviet spacecraft designed to land on Venus has finally crash-landed back on Earth. The ...

Again though, it is much more likely that Cosmos 482 will land in the ocean or an unpopulated area. Cosmos 482, also known as Kosmos 482, was one in a pair of identical Venus atmospheric lander probes ...

Launched in March 1972 by the USSR, the Kosmos 482 probe was dispatched to gather ... which is around the size of a car — is now on track for reentry sometime between May 7 and 13, give or ...