Predictions for the earthly plunge of a wayward Soviet era Venus space probe are narrowing as the old spacecraft is expected ...

The 50-plus-year-old spacecraft has been trapped in Earth orbit for decades. Now, it’s expected to fall back home.

A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The half-ton ...

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.

A half-ton spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union 53 years ago is expected to fall back to Earth this weekend.

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

A remnant of the Soviet Venus program, Kosmos 482 has stayed aloft in in Earth's orbit for 53 years. But it may make a return ...

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 back to its home world.

Kosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft that never made it beyond Earth’s orbit on its way to Venus, is due to come crashing down on 9 or 10 May ...

Kosmos 482, a Venus probe launched by the Soviet Union in 1972, is expected to fall to Earth this weekend. Stay up to date on ...

Kosmos 482, a Soviet probe launched in 1972, recently crashed into the Pacific Ocean. The mission to Venus failed due to a ...