After more than five decades silently orbiting our planet, a relic of the Cold War space race is making a dramatic and fiery ...

De 50 jaar oude Russische ruimtesonde Kosmos 482 die op weg was naar de aarde, is zaterdagochtend vergaan. Dat bevestigt de EU-SST, een organisatie die voor de Europese Unie alle objecten rond de ...

In recent weeks, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 has been making an uncontrolled approach towards Earth. Experts have been tracking it since – though they noted that it was very unlikely ...

Kosmos-482, which was headed to Venus, is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere by the end of this weekend. Experts don’t yet know where it may come down. By Nadia Drake A robotic Soviet ...

This will be no ordinary space junk fall. The Soviet Union's failed Kosmos 482 spacecraft will crash to Earth in the coming days after more than 50 years in orbit. Its homecoming may not spark the ...

A failed Soviet Venus lander's long space odyssey has come to an end. The Kosmos 482 probe crashed to Earth today (May 10) after circling our planet for more than five decades. Reentry occurred at ...

The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking confirmed the spacecraft – known as Kosmos 482 – had an uncontrolled reentry based on analysis and no-shows on subsequent orbits. The ...

Kosmos 482 was not one of them. Launched in 1972, Kosmos 482 was intended to land on the surface of Venus, but an engine malfunction left it stranded in Earth orbit. Now, more than 50 years later ...

Russia's space agency says the Kosmos 482 lander has made an uncontrolled re-entry to Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean. The half-tonne Soviet vehicle malfunctioned after its launch in 1972 ...