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

A spacecraft that's been hanging around in orbit after a botched launch more than half a century ago has finally crashed back ...

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

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

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

The probe’s return to Earth had been closely monitored by multiple space agencies, including the European Space Agency (ESA) ...

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

A portion of a Soviet-era spacecraft seems likely to have re-entered the Earth''s atmosphere after remaining stuck in orbit ...

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