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

In the decades since its launch, the spacecraft circled Earth aimlessly as it was slowly dragged back toward home.

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. Its ...

The Kosmos-482 automated interplanetary station, launched in 1972 to study Venus, has returned to Earth, crashing into the ...

An out-of-control spacecraft intended to reach Venus has instead crashed back down to Earth, and it might even have happened ...

A bright light that lit up the sky over parts of Western Australia was most likely from a small meteor not much bigger than a ...

The Soviet-era Kosmos 482 spacecraft, originally launched in March 1972 as part of the Soviet Union's Venera program, has ...

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

After over five decades in Earth's orbit, the Soviet Venus lander, Kosmos 482, reentered the atmosphere on May 10, 2025, ...