A Soviet-era spacecraft, Kosmos 482, launched in 1972, made an uncontrolled reentry into Earth's atmosphere after a failed Venus mission. While Russian authorities indicated it fell into the ...

Launched in 1972, it malfunctioned and remained in orbit for 53 years. After days of speculation, Soviet-era spacecraft Kosmos 482 crashed into Earth on Saturday (May 10), Russia's space agency ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. Its uncontrolled entry was confirmed by both the Russian Space Agency and European ...

The spacecraft was one of several launched with a goal of studying Venus under the Soviet-era Venera program. Scientists have long been curious about the similarities between Venus and Earth.

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(J. Greaves/Cardiff University/JAXA via AP) A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. Its uncontrolled entry was confirmed by ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft made a dramatic reentry into Earth’s atmosphere on Saturday, more than fifty years after its ill-fated launch toward Venus. The European Union Space Surveillance and ...