An out-of-control Russian spacecraft has probably plummeted to Earth, after 53 years stuck in orbit, experts say. In recent weeks, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 has been making an uncontrolled ...

Debris from the 50 year-old probe Cosmos 482 crash-landed into the Indian Ocean over the weekend.

A failed Venus mission fell from the sky over the weekend after aimlessly orbiting Earth for the past 53 years. Various ...

The Russians indicated it came down over the Indian Ocean, but some experts were not so sure of the precise location.

Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine malfunction.

This photo taken on April 20, 2025 shows an interior view of the African Space Agency in the Egyptian Space City in Cairo, Egypt. [Photo/Xinhua] CAIRO - Egypt inaugurated on Sunday the headquarters of ...

Based on calculation models co-designed by space engineer Dominic Dirkx, Kosmos 482 is due to begin its descent on or around May 10. However, it’s difficult to pinpoint where it might happen at ...

When the Soviet Union launched an unmanned spacecraft called Kosmos 482 in March 1972, it was supposed to hurtle through space and travel all the way to Venus — 41 million miles away.

A Soviet spacecraft that has been circling Earth for over 50 years is set to reenter the planet’s atmosphere next month and could crash into Earth’s surface, according to EarthSky.org.

But the next hunk of space junk set to crash-land on our planet is a little bigger than just “debris.” A Kosmos 482 spacecraft, built by the former Soviet Union, has been doing circles around ...

The cameras are hosted on a European Space Agency module aboard an Airbus platform, which provides both power and a share of a NASA downlink. If you tune into the current camera views, you'll spot ...

As preparations intensify for a major European defence trial in Rome, the European Defence Agency (EDA) has completed a round of system acceptance tests across the continent to verify the readiness of ...