The spacecraft, stuck in orbit since 1972 after an unsuccessful mission to Venus, plunged into the Indian Ocean.

A failed Soviet Venus lander's long space odyssey has come to an end.The Kosmos 482 probe crashed to Earth today (May 10) ...

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

Kosmos 482, a spacecraft designed to land on Venus and marooned in Earth orbit since being launched by the U.S.S.R. in 1972, ...

A Soviet space probe launched in the 1970s on a failed mission to Venus is expected to land back on Earth as early as this ...

A Soviet spacecraft, Kosmos 482, launched in 1972 for a failed Venus mission, is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere this ...

Scott Sutherland joins Matt DiNicolantonio to discuss Kosmos 482, which was a Soviet mission to Venus launched on March 31, ...

A piece of space junk called Cosmos 482 is unlikely to pose a threat to people or property. But space experts say it ...

Not for too much longer, though: According to LiveScience, a telescope analysis by Dutch space researcher and satellite ...

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

NASA scientists say a 1972 probe launched by the Soviet Union may meet a fiery end crashing back into Earth in the coming ...

A Soviet spacecraft is set to return from Earth's orbit after a failed mission to Venus over 50 years ago. See when it could ...