A Soviet-era spacecraft, Kosmos 482, launched in 1972, made an uncontrolled reentry into Earth's atmosphere after a failed ...

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

The spacecraft, stuck in orbit since 1972 after an unsuccessful mission to Venus, plunged into the Indian Ocean.

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

Kosmos 482, which suffered a rocket malfunction when launched in 1972, is thought to have splashed down in the Indian Ocean, ...

Much of the spacecraft came tumbling back to Earth within a decade of the failed launch. No longer able to resist gravity’s ...

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, ...

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one never made it out of orbit around Earth, stranded there by a ...

Cosmos-482, a failed probe to Venus launched in 1972, is finally coming home. Experts don’t know much more than that.

Soviet-era spacecraft Kosmos 482 was launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union as part of a series of missions to Venus.

A Soviet spacecraft, Kosmos 482, fell into the Indian Ocean on Saturday morning, 53 years after it failed to reach Venus, ...