A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. It was not ...

Soviet-era spacecraft Kosmos 482 was launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union as part of a series of missions to Venus.

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

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.

Originally launched in March 1972 as part of a mission to explore Venus, the spacecraft was intended to make a soft landing ...

A spacecraft built like a tank that was supposed to study Venus has likely crashed back to Earth Saturday morning, decades ...

The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for talks in Kyiv on Saturday in a show of unity a day after Russia’s Vladimir Putin hosted his allies at ...

A half-ton Soviet-era spacecraft launched in 1972 is expected crash into Earth after orbiting the planet for 53 years.

By Friday, all indications pointed to a reentry early Saturday morning, U.S. Eastern Time, give or take several hours.

A replica of a Soviet spacecraft, from the era of the Kosmos 482. The marooned Kosmos 482 is expected to fall back down to ...

The time part or all of the dead probe is expected to impact Earth continues to narrow in on Friday overnight into Saturday ...