Fifty years after its launch, a defunct Soviet satellite, Kosmos 482, is on a collision course with Earth, with a significant chunk predicted to land between 9th and 13th May. Pixabay A gigantic ...

A Soviet Venus probe that launched in 1972 and has been stuck orbiting Earth for 53 years is set to fall back to our planet this weekend. The craft is set to finally re-enter the atmosphere at around ...

The Soviet Union launched Kosmos 482 in 1972 to explore Venus but failed to exit Earth’s orbit, where it has remained since, Langbroek wrote. Given that it was intended to survive Venus’ harsh ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft is set to reenter Earth's atmosphere after over 50 years, returning this week from its failed mission to Venus . NASA said Monday that Cosmos 482 will return to Earth ...

A Soviet spacecraft is expected to come hurtling back to Earth after being stuck in orbit for more than 50 years. The Kosmos 482 probe was intended to reach Venus, however, it never got to its ...

A Soviet spacecraft launched a half-century ago called Kosmos 482 has been orbiting the Earth for decades and is at last expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere this coming weekend. The rogue probe is ...

In a stash of photos obtained by Hasidic Archives, families who had smuggled across the border between the Soviet Union and Poland—and who later resided in Pocking, Germany, and the suburbs of Paris, ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft that has been in orbit for over 50 years is set to crash land into Earth at some point over the next week. But what has this mysterious craft been doing in space all this ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth. It’s too early to know where the half-ton mass of ...

The 1,100-pound module, known as Kosmos 482, was part of a craft bound for Venus when it launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the then-Soviet Union in March 1972, NASA said in a statement Friday.

More than 50 years ago, a Soviet mission to Venus failed, and now the capsule will crash uncontrollably to Earth and probably not burn up. In a few days, a failed Venus probe from the Soviet Union ...