A spacecraft that's been hanging around in orbit after a botched launch more than half a century ago has finally crashed back ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth more than half a century after its failed launch to Venus. Russia says it landed ...

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

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

A Soviet-era spacecraft called Kosmos 482 crashed into the Earth, after days of speculation, the Russian space agency ...

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

The EU Space Surveillance and Tracking system showed a map of its potential landing route, including land areas marked in red ...

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

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

After over five decades in Earth's orbit, the Soviet Venus lander, Kosmos 482, reentered the atmosphere on May 10, 2025, ...

A Soviet-area spacecraft that orbited Earth for more than 50 years crashed into the Indian Ocean on Saturday, Russian ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft called Kosmos 482 has crashed on earth after 53 years "stuck in orbit," according to The Associated ...