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

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

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

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

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 ...

This AI-generated simulation video presents a realistic portrayal of how India's advanced S-400 air defence system could detect, lock onto, and neutralise a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet in an escalating ...

A 50-plus-year-old Soviet-era spacecraft is expected to return to Earth this weekend. Cosmos 482 was launched to space by the Soviet Union in March 1972, with the intent of landing on Venus to conduct ...

Experts are watching closely, but for now, the skies hold a little extra suspense. Here is everything to know about Kosmos ...

Launched in March 1972 by the USSR, the Kosmos 482 probe was dispatched to gather data from Venus’ inhospitable surface, Livescience reported. However, due to a malfunction with one of the ...

it would crash abruptly.' The fate of Cosmos 482 is therefore uncertain. According to Langbroek, it is difficult to predict the exact outcome of the re-entry, but the risks are not particularly high.

This isn’t the first time that Cosmos 482 has made headlines. In 2019, warnings that the lander might soon crash to Earth turned out to be false alarms. Back then, the European Space Agency (ESA ...

That's going to hurt if it hits you," said one astronomer to Sky News. Cosmos 482 was destined to land on Venus after being launched from the USSR's spaceport in what is now Kazakhstan in 1972.