The 50-plus-year-old spacecraft was trapped in Earth orbit for decades. Now, it has likely fallen back home, according to the ...

A network of Cold War-era infrasound sensors can help scientists reconstruct trajectories of falling space objects.

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus.

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

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions ...

The craft was last detected over Germany and is believed to have completed an uncontrolled re-entry after a botched mission ...

During a recent space storm simulation, the Earth was hit by the biggest geomagnetic storm in 20 years, helping NASA predict ...

A Soviet spacecraft that's been stuck in low Earth orbit ever since it launched in 1972 has finally crashed back down to our planet. Kosmos 482 rocketed into space more than 50 years ago on a ...

Every launch into Earth’s orbit now adds to a dangerous congestion of junk, making space less navigable by the year. Despite ...

A failed Soviet-era spacecraft that became trapped in Earth’s orbit by mistake more than 50 years ago is expected to make a crash landing back on Earth early Saturday.