NASA said on May 5 that Cosmos 482 will return to Earth sometime between May 7 and May 13. The spacecraft is most likely to begin its descent on May 10, though. The space agency said that since ...

The Soviet lander Cosmos 482, launched in 1972 but never reached its destination on Venus, is ready for an uncontrolled ...

To find out more about the story we have to travel back to the early 1970s, and Kosmos-482. It was a failed Soviet Venera mission, and since its lander was heavily over-engineered to survive entry ...

It's also spelled Cosmos 482. "It’s been circling Earth for 53 years and (its landing module) will reenter the atmosphere around May 8 to 11, 2025." It will be "an unusual uncontrolled reentry ...

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 ...

People have been left speculating where exactly a spacecraft, which is to strike the Earth next week, "could hit" after it's ...