Launched in 1972, the Soviet spacecraft Kosmos-482, intended for Venus, is unexpectedly returning to Earth after a failed ...

In 1972, a Soviet spacecraft bound for Venus failed to escape Earth's gravity and got stuck orbiting our planet. Now, 50-odd ...

Kosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft that never made it beyond Earth’s orbit on its way to Venus, is due to come crashing down on ...

Kosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft that never made it beyond Earth’s orbit on its way to Venus, is due to come crashing down on ...

Some recent spaceflight spectacles offer hints about what you might see if Kosmos 482 happens to fall through the sky above ...

Kosmos-482, a failed mission to Venus from the former Soviet Union that stalled in Earth orbit in the 1970s, is about to fall ...

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft shrouded in Cold War secrecy, will reenter the Earth's atmosphere in the next few days ...

Soviet-era Kosmos 482 is set to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere: here's how you can track it and learn what time it's coming ...

By Dean Murray An out-of-control Soviet spacecraft is set to crash into the Earth on Sunday morning - and it could hit the UK ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within days.

But the Venera mission, which launched from Kazakhstan on March 31, 1972, failed long before the Soviets could attempt to ...

Unfortunately, as is often the case with sending spacecraft flying into the Solar System, not all of the probes made it to their final destination. One probe, launched in 1972, failed to make it to ...