Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft known as Cosmos 482 may return to Earth this week, more than 50 years after it embarked on a ...

On Monday, NASA said that Cosmos 482 will return to Earth sometime between Wednesday, May 7, and May 13. The spacecraft is ...

Cosmos 482, part of a Soviet-era spacecraft that failed to reach Venus in the 1970s, is expected to crash back on Earth ...

It's still quite uncertain just where and when the craft will fall, although it is expected to reenter around 1:54 a.m. ET ...

Cosmos 482 was one in a pair of identical Venus atmospheric lander probes that launched in 1972. Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft that failed to reach Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon crash ...

The Soviet-era spacecraft was meant to be a Venus probe. However, it failed to escape low Earth orbit, according to NASA. On Monday, NASA said that Cosmos 482 will return to Earth sometime between ...

Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft that failed to reach Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon crash back on Earth. The Cosmos 482 spacecraft, believed to be a piece of a larger probe, has been ...

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And though the Venus probe was equipped with a parachute ... Sorge told CNN. The chances of Cosmos 482 causing deadly damage are roughly 1 in 25,000, according to The Aerospace Corporation ...

More than five decades after a failed mission to Venus, a Soviet-era spacecraft is now on a return path to Earth. According to NASA, the Cosmos 482 probe—launched in 1972 and stuck in low Earth orbit ...