A spacecraft launched more than 50 years ago has crashed into Earth. The defunct probe from the former Soviet Union, known as Kosmos 482, was launched in 1972 on a mission to explore Venus. A launch ...

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

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

That out-of-control spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 has 'probably crashed' by now, and experts think they know where it could ...

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

The Kosmos-482 automated interplanetary station, launched in 1972 to study Venus, has returned to Earth, crashing into the ...

A Soviet spacecraft launched in 1972 has plunged into the Indian Ocean, according to Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency. The ...

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

Western Australia has dodged a bullet after avoiding being hit by a defective Cold War era Soviet spacecraft on Saturday ...