But later, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed that May 10 was the most likely date for its descent. Kosmos 482’s last orbit and its stranded mission to Venus Before it finally ...

A performance of the masterpiece will be transmitted into space on Saturday. The waltz has been associated with space travel ...

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

The Venera mission, which launched from Kazakhstan on March 31, 1972, failed long before the Soviet Union could attempt to touch down on Venus. Because of a propulsion problem, it never escaped ...

the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 has been making an uncontrolled approach towards Earth. Experts have been tracking it since – though they noted that it was very unlikely that it would land over a ...

In recent weeks, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 has been making an ... that it would land over a populated era. Now, the European Space Agency and others say the spacecraft has most likely ...

A Soviet Venera-4 model, similar to the lost Kosmos 482 landing capsule ... presented as a GIF farther down in this story, helped the European Space Agency track the probe in its final hours ...

It’s not every day that a space relic comes home. But this week, a forgotten Soviet spacecraft finally ended its long wait. After more than five decades in orbit, Kosmos 482 has returned to Earth.