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

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 ...

Space debris re-enters Earth every day. Most of it burns up in the atmosphere. But Russia's 1972 failed Venera mission probe Cosmos 482 is different.

Kosmos 482’s return serves as a quiet reminder. The early days of space exploration still echo in orbit. With more missions flying, tracking aging space debris becomes increasingly vital.

The ESA Space Debris Office is closely following the reentry of the Cosmos (Kosmos) 482 Venus descent craft and currently expects the object to reenter Earth's atmosphere at 09:12 CEST on 10 May ...

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

Unlike most space debris, which burns up on reentry, Cosmos-482 is likely to survive the fiery plunge and reach Earth’s surface largely intact. As Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Center ...

On Sunday, somewhere over the Indian ocean, the failed Soviet Venus Landau Cosmos 482 crashed back down to earth fifty-three years after it was launched into orbit. A problem with its rocket stranded ...