Part of a spacecraft that has been stuck in orbit for 53 years is due to reenter Earth’s atmosphere around May 10 and could ...

A defunct Soviet satelitte is slated to hurtle back to Earth next week, prompting concerns from space experts that we could ...

Part of a failed Soviet spacecraft that’s been circling Earth for the last 53 years is about to come crashing down. The ...

Scientists are keeping an eye on Kosmos 482, which is forecast to plunge back to Earth next week. We just don't know exactly ...

The Soviet Union launched the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 in 1972, one of a series of Venus missions. View on euronews ...

Kosmos 482 was part of the Venera program, a series of Soviet probes that set the early benchmark for exploring Venus. Its ...

A space probe called Kosmos 482 sent to explore Venus by the U.S.S.R. in 1972 but marooned in Earth orbit ever since is about ...

A Soviet spacecraft launched in the 1970s for a mission to Venus is now expected to make an uncontrolled return to Earth, ...

A half-ton Russian satellite that was built to land on Venus but never left Earth’s orbit could fall out of the sky intact in ...

This sort of failure would repeat itself during the failed Phobos-Grunt mission, which crashed back to Earth on January 15 th ...

A defunct Soviet -era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is poised for an uncontrolled descent back to Earth.

That said, Langbroek believes Kosmos 482’s orbital inclination of 51.7 degrees means it could reentry between the 52N and 52S ...