The Kosmos 482 spacecraft, a Soviet mission launched in 1972 for an unsuccessful trip to Venus, reentered Earth’s atmosphere ...

A spacecraft that's been hanging around in orbit after a botched launch more than half a century ago has finally crashed back ...

But later, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed that May 10 was the most likely date for its descent. Kosmos 482’s last orbit and its stranded mission to Venus Before it ...