The Soviet Union aimed for Venus, but hit the Indian Ocean instead The odyssey of the Soviet Union's failed attempt to reach ...

Debris from the 50 year-old probe Cosmos 482 crash-landed into the Indian Ocean over the weekend.

The Kosmos 482 spacecraft was part of the Soviet Union’s ambitious Venera program, a series of missions designed to study ...

Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine malfunction.

Soviet-era spacecraft Kosmos 482 re-enters Earth's atmosphere after 53 years in orbit without causing injuries or damage, ...

The Kosmos 482 spacecraft made a reentry into Earth's atmosphere, splashing down in the Indian Ocean approximately 560 ...

Russia's space agency says a Soviet spacecraft fell back to Earth Saturday morning over the Indian Ocean. It was originally headed to Venus, but instead spent more than 50 years orbiting Earth.

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus.

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

The Cosmos 482 lander probe reentered Earth’s atmosphere May 10, just before 3 a.m. Toronto time, says NASA. Here’s where.