The lander section of the Kosmos 482 probe was launched in 1972 and designed to survive on Venus. Now it's due a fiery reentry to Earth.

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

The Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying Russia's Meteor-M 2-1 weather satellite. Credit: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images It's not looking good for Russia's newest weather satellite, which was launched ...

In 1972, the Soviet Union launched a pair of space probes destined for Venus. While the USSR’s Venera 8 successfully reached ...

A half-tonne Soviet spacecraft is set to crash back to Earth next week, with experts predicting it could hit "like a meteorite" at around 150mph. The Kosmos 482 probe, launched by the USSR in 1972 as ...

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 could crash to Earth overnight tonight after more than 50 years in the wrong orbit.

Iranian aerospace startup Omid Fazaa will launch a new satellite this year, combining two key missions—IoT connectivity and ...

Kosmos 482 was built as a sister probe to Venera 8. But due to a malfunction with the Soyuz rocket that lofted Kosmos 482 ...

A space probe called Kosmos 482 sent to explore Venus by the U.S.S.R. in 1972 but marooned in Earth orbit ever since is about to renter and crash-land.

In late March 1972, the Soviet Union's Cosmos 482 was launched. But that attempted Venus probe ran amuck during its ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The half-ton ...