After more than five decades in orbit, Kosmos 482 has returned to Earth. Launched in March 1972, Kosmos 482 was bound for Venus. The mission was part of the Soviet Union’s Venera program.

Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft may return to Earth this week, more than 50 years after it embarked on a botched mission to Venus. Cosmos 482 launched in 1972 with the intent of landing on Venus ...

Cosmos (or Kosmos) 482's orbit has slowly brought it closer to our planet since 1972, and now it's on the cusp of plummeting back to its home world.

The probe, known as Kosmos 482 or Cosmos 482, re-entered Earth’s atmosphere in the early hours of Saturday, coming down about 560 kilometers west of India’s Middle Andaman Island, according to ...

More than 50 years ago in the early 1960s, the Soviet space program embarked on a bold new undertaking to go where no human had gone before. The Venera mission to explore Earth's nearest orbital ...

The probe, known as Kosmos 482 or Cosmos 482, re-entered Earth’s atmosphere in the early hours of Saturday, coming down about 560 kilometers west of India’s Middle Andaman Island, according to ...

The spacecraft, called Kosmos 482 (also known as Cosmos 482), was launched in 1972 and once bound for Venus, but a malfunction meant it never left Earth's orbit. Because the lander was designed to ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed this after noticing that Cosmos 482 was not at its expected orbital position over Germany an hour later. The USSR’s Venera (meaning “Venus” in ...

Should you panic? Old Soviet spacecraft to fall back to Earth after over 50 years; check the risk of deadly impact(AI image created with Canva) Cosmos 482, an old Soviet spacecraft, likely fell ...

After more than half a century orbiting Earth, the Soviet-era space probe Cosmos 482 has brought its long and ultimately failed interplanetary mission to an end with a reentry into Earth's ...

That's going to hurt if it hits you," said one astronomer to Sky News. Cosmos 482 was destined to land on Venus after being launched from the USSR's spaceport in what is now Kazakhstan in 1972.

Kosmos 482 (also known as Cosmos 482) hit headlines last week after scientists revealed the spacecraft was due to crash back down to Earth. Space agencies, the US military and other trackers were ...