Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus.

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions for exploring the solar system.

Much of the spacecraft came tumbling back to Earth within a decade of the failed launch. No longer able to resist gravity’s ...

An out-of-control Russian spacecraft has probably plummeted to Earth, experts say.In recent weeks, the spacecraft known as ...

The Kosmos 482 spacecraft, a Soviet spacecraft that was launched in 1972 on a failed trip to Venus, fell back into Earth on ...

A Soviet-era space probe crashed into Earth on Saturday some 53 years after its failed launch to Venus. The European Union ...

According to CNN, Cosmos 482 is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere sometime between 10 p.m. ET on Friday and 6:30 a.m. ET ...