Kosmos 482, a former Soviet Union spacecraft, has something hanging. A satellite tracker says it might be the parachute, but ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft that never made it to Venus more than 50 years ago is finally about to plunge back to Earth. That's according to academic and satellite watcher Marco Langbroek from Delft ...

Right now, space agencies around the world are tracking Kosmos 482 as it continues its slow descent. But it's still too early to say exactly where it will land — or whether it will burn up in ...

Newly published images suggest that an unknown structure is trailing behind the Kosmos 482 probe on its descent to Earth. It ...

Kosmos 482, a spacecraft now heading towards Earth, was launched by the Soviets in 1972. The mission was intended for Venus.

Kosmos 482, a 1,000 lb. former Soviet space probe, is currently expected to renter the Earth's atmosphere between May 8 and ...

Part of a failed Soviet spacecraft that’s been circling Earth for the last 53 years is about to come crashing down. The ...

DPhil Shubham Kulkarni of the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford has provided a worst-case scenario if the ...

A Soviet probe launched more than half a century ago is due to return to Earth in the next week or two, and there's every ...

Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 may crash back to Earth next week. It has orbited since 1972 after failing to reach Venus.

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A 50-year-old Russian spacecraft is crashing back down to Earth this month, but nobody knows where it will land.