It's still quite uncertain just where and when the craft will fall, although it is expected to reenter around 2:26 am ET on ...

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft shrouded in Cold War secrecy, will reenter the Earth's atmosphere in the next few days ...

Cosmos (or Kosmos) 482's orbit has slowly brought it closer to our planet since 1972, and now it's on the cusp of plummeting ...

Venera 1 was launched in 1961, only four years after Sputnik 1, the first satellite. Venera 7, in 1970, was the first ...

Russian space agency Roscosmos ... While several Venera probes successfully transmitted data from Venus's surface, Kosmos 482 went off-course soon after its launch. A technical mishap in the ...

Experts previously warned that due to its sturdy construction — it was designed to survive Venus's harsh atmosphere — the probe could reach Earth's surface largely intact. However, Roscosmos said, ...

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions ...

This computer-simulated global view of the surface of Venus was made from radar images taken by NASA's Magellan spacecraft. (NASA/JPL) But that is where the similarity ends. The surface of Venus ...

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

A remnant of the Soviet Venus program, Kosmos 482 has stayed aloft in in Earth's orbit for 53 years. But it may make a return ...