Launched over 50 years ago, this piece of the Kosmos 482 mission was designed to survive the punishing conditions on Venus.

Cosmos 482, part of a Soviet-era spacecraft that failed to reach Venus in the 1970s, is expected to crash back on Earth ...

Launched in 1972, Kosmos 482 was intended to land on the surface of Venus, but an engine malfunction left it stranded in ...

NASA scientists say a 1972 probe launched by the Soviet Union may meet a fiery end crashing back into Earth in the coming ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft is set to reenter Earth’s atmosphere more than 50 years after a failed mission to Venus.

Kosmos 482 was meant to explore Venus, but became an accidental satellite. Everything to know about the Soviet Venus probe and where it could fall.

Weather permitting, the International Space Station will be making some nicely visible evening and early morning passes ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within days.

It's too early to know where the half-ton mass of metal might come down or how much of it will survive reentry.

Kosmos 482 launched for Venus in 1972 but never left Earth orbit. The spacecraft has now lost enough energy that it can’t fight gravity anymore.

Though most projections estimate that the object will reenter the atmosphere around May 10, unknowns about its exact shape ...

The Cosmos 482 lander (also known as Kosmos 482) has been in a decaying orbit since the Soviet Union launched the spacecraft in a failed 1972 ...