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

Kosmos 482 was launched by the then-Soviet Union in 1972 as part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one never ...

A Soviet spacecraft, Kosmos 482, fell into the Indian Ocean on Saturday morning, 53 years after it failed to reach Venus, ...

The Kosmos 482 probe crashed to Earth today (May 10) after circling our planet for more than five decades. Reentry occurred ...

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

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

The spacecraft, stuck in orbit since 1972 after an unsuccessful mission to Venus, plunged into the Indian Ocean.

A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The half-ton spacecraft fell out of orbit on Saturday. The ...

53年間宇宙に取り残されていた残骸が地球へ。地球低軌道から53年間脱出できなかった宇宙着陸船が、数週間以内に地球の大気圏に突入すると予想されています。探査機は極度の熱に耐えられるように設計されているため、大気圏突入で燃え尽きなかった一部が地球に衝突する可能性もあるそうです。耐熱設計なので、燃えずにやってくる！オランダで衛星追跡をしているMarco Langbroek氏が、旧ソビエトの宇宙船の着陸 ...