A Soviet spacecraft originally launched toward Venus in 1972 has astonishingly returned to Earth after spending over half a ...

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions for exploring the solar system.

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 could crash to Earth overnight tonight after more than 50 years in the wrong orbit.

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

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The Soviet Union launched the spacecraft known as Kosmos-482 in 1972, one of a series of Venus missions. But it never made it ...

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

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Images purporting to show X-rays of a mysterious sphere, which reportedly crashed to the ground in Colombia, have been ...

The exhibition, titled GBR – Geology of Britannic Repair, is a collaboration between a multi-disciplinary team of curators – ...

Kosmos 482, to give the careening craft its official name, was launched from the Soviet Union on March 31, 1972, bound for ...