Cosmos 482, launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1972 with a destination of Venus, malfunctioned and has been in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Cosmos 482 was one in a pair of identical Venus atmospheric lander probes that launched in 1972. Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft that failed to reach Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon crash ...

Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft that failed to reach Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon crash back on Earth. The Cosmos 482 spacecraft, believed to be a piece of a larger probe, has been ...

The Soviet-era spacecraft was meant to be a Venus probe. However, it failed to escape low Earth orbit, according to NASA. On Monday, NASA said that Cosmos 482 will return to Earth sometime between ...