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

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

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.

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

A Soviet-era spacecraft that was designed to make a soft landing on Venus — but instead remained trapped in Earth orbit for ...

A failed Soviet-era spacecraft that became trapped in Earth’s orbit by mistake more than 50 years ago is expected to make a crash landing back on Earth early Saturday.

Cosmos 482 was launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union but soon broke up into pieces, some of which remained in space for 53 ...

A spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 is due to come crashing back into Earth's atmosphere around May 10 and ...

The Soviet Union’s Space Research Institute, or IKI, ran a groundbreaking Venus exploration program amid the 20th century space race. Venera, as the program was called, sent a series of probes ...