The 53-year-old Cold War-era Soviet spaceship, initially bound for Venus, fell into the sea after entering Earth.

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Kosmos 482, a spacecraft designed to land on Venus and marooned in Earth orbit since being launched by the U.S.S.R. in 1972, ...

Kosmos 482 was launched by the then-Soviet Union in 1972 as part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one never ...

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 has finally returned to Earth after 53 years in orbit. It disappeared into the Indian ...

The Kosmos 482 probe crashed to Earth today (May 10) after circling our planet for more than five decades. Reentry occurred ...

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions for exploring the solar system.

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 could crash to Earth overnight tonight after more than 50 years in the wrong orbit.

A half-ton Soviet-era spacecraft launched in 1972 is expected crash into Earth after orbiting the planet for 53 years.

By Friday, all indications pointed to a reentry early Saturday morning, U.S. Eastern Time, give or take several hours.

A replica of a Soviet spacecraft, from the era of the Kosmos 482. The marooned Kosmos 482 is expected to fall back down to ...