The Venera mission, which launched from Kazakhstan on March 31, 1972, failed long before the Soviet Union could attempt to ...

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.

FILE - This photo provided by researcher Jane Greaves shows the planet Venus, seen from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s ... The United States Space Command routinely monitors dozens of ...

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

Kosmos 482 was built as the twin of Venera 8 ... land—the chances of a destructive impact grow as the number of reentries ...

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

Re-entering Earth's atmosphere 53 years later Unlike typical space junk, Kosmos 482's descent module was built to last. Weighing around 1,100 pounds and housed in a one-meter-wide spherical shell ...

Kosmos 482 became stranded in Earth’s orbit after a premature engine cutoff during its launch phase. Now the spacecraft is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere between May 8 and 11 - after 53 years ...