The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 has finally returned to Earth after 53 years in orbit. It disappeared into the Indian ...

The Kosmos 482 probe crashed to Earth today (May 10) after circling our planet for more than five decades. Reentry occurred at 2:24 a.m. ET (0624 GMT or 9:24 a.m. Moscow time) over the Indian Ocean ...

Sovfoto/Universal Images Group/Shutterstock Supported by By Nadia Drake After looping through space for 53 years, a wayward Soviet spacecraft called Kosmos-482 returned to Earth, entering the ...

At the time of its expected crash, radar could no longer detect the Kosmos ... Kosmos 482 malfunctioned. Its upper stage, which contained the descent craft, got stuck in Earth orbit.

The Soviet Union launched Kosmos 482 in 1972, one of a series of Venus missions. But it never made it out of Earth's orbit because of a rocket malfunction. Most of it came tumbling down within a ...

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one never made it out of orbit around Earth, stranded there by a ...

At the time of its expected crash, radar could no longer detect the Kosmos ... Kosmos 482 malfunctioned. Its upper stage, which contained the descent craft, got stuck in Earth’s orbit.Over ...

A Soviet spacecraft reentered Earth's atmosphere on Saturday, more than 50 years after its unsuccessful mission to Venus. The spacecraft Kosmos 482 ... location of the crash were uncertain ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft called Kosmos 482 has crashed on Earth after 53 years "stuck in orbit," according to The Associated Press. According to the AP, both the Russian Space Agency and the ...

Experts note that, while such re-entries are rare, they show the need for continued vigilance in tracking objects in Earth's orbit. Kosmos 482 was part ... location of the crash were uncertain ...