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 ...

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

Humanity lives to fight another day after the failed Soviet lander re-entered our atmosphere at 2:24AM ET on Saturday before ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft called Kosmos 482 has crashed on Earth after 53 years "stuck in orbit," according to The Associated ...

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

Reentry occurred at 2:24 a.m. ET (0624 GMT or 9:24 a.m. Moscow time) over the Indian Ocean west of Jakarta, Indonesia, ...

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

The Kosmos 482 craft was built to survive the crushing, hostile atmosphere of Venus, so when it re-enters the atmosphere it is likely the craft could survive to hit Earth’s surface at up to 150mph ...

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

For the past fifty-three years the Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 has been orbiting around Earth having never made it to its destination, Venus. However, its days floating around the planet may be ...

Kosmos 482, an out-of-control Venus space probe, has an estimated reentry date anywhere between May 7 to May 13. Now, a scientist reveals just how likely it is that someone will be killed by the ...