A Russian spacecraft called Kosmos 482 will fall out of orbit and crash back down to Earth sometime between Friday afternoon ...

Kosmos 482 itself is part of the Soviet Union's Venus exploration program known as Venera. This spacecraft weighs about 1.2 ...

It's still quite uncertain just where and when the craft will fall, although it is expected to reenter around 1:54 a.m. ET ...

Offering incredibly high temperatures, crushing pressure, and a thick mix of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid, the atmosphere ...

Astronomers predict that the 500kg (1,100 lbs) landing module could hit the planet as early as this afternoon.

After a failed soviet union mission to venus 53 years ago the spacecraft has been left in orbit around earth since the early ...

2001 Odyssey acquired the “world-famous” Mons Venus at 2040 N Dale Mabry Highway in January, owner Don Kleinhans told the ...

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 ...

The Virtual Telescope Project aims to observe the anticipated reentry of the former Soviet Union's Cosmos 482 spacecraft as ...

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

A cold-war era Russian satellite is falling to Earth and is likely to survive re-entry and hit somewhere in Europe at the ...