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 ...

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

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 ...

A failed Soviet Venus lander's long space odyssey has come to an end.The Kosmos 482 probe crashed to Earth today (May 10) ...

News of Cosmos 482's impending crash landing has been met with questions ... Cosmos 482 – also referred to as Kosmos 482 – is believed to be a Soviet-era landing probe that embarked in 1972 ...

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 ...

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 ...