A failed Venus mission fell from the sky over the weekend after aimlessly orbiting Earth for the past 53 years. Various ...

Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine ...

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

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft launched in 1972, re-entered Earth’s atmosphere Saturday after over 50 years in orbit. Russia claimed it landed in the Indian Ocean, but the European Space Agency ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The half-ton ...

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft, could crash on Saturday after being trapped in Earth's orbit for more than 50 years. Here's when and where it could crash. An out-of-control Soviet-era ...

The spacecraft Kosmos ... spacecraft's landing capsule is seen on display at Moscow's Museum of Cosmonautics on April 9, 2021. Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP via Getty Images)/Getty Images ...

Thomas explained that the precise time and location of the descent ... "Although, the possibility of it landing in populated areas cannot be entirely dismissed," Thomas cautioned. According to BRIN's ...

Experts said ahead of time that some if not all of it might come crashing down, given it was built to withstand a landing on Venus ... the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series ...

landing mainly over uninhabited regions or water. This image is AI-generated and does not depict any real-life event or location. It is a fictional representation created for illustrative purposes ...