A 50-plus-year-old Soviet-era spacecraft is expected to return to Earth this weekend. Cosmos 482 was launched to space by the Soviet Union in March 1972, with the intent of landing on Venus to ...

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Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft may return to Earth this week, more than 50 years after it embarked on a botched mission to Venus. Cosmos 482 launched in 1972 with the intent of landing on Venus ...

Cosmos 482, the Soviet probe that was supposed to land on Venus but ended up stuck in Earth's orbit for decades ... could hit a populated area. A world map shows the possible crash zone of ...

A half-ton Soviet spacecraft that never made it to Venus 53 years ago is expected to fall back to Earth this weekend.Built to land on the solar system's hottest planet, the titanium-covered ...

Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft that failed to reach Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon crash back on Earth. The Cosmos 482 spacecraft, believed to be a piece of a larger probe, has been ...

Soviet-Era Spacecraft Is Expected to Plummet to Earth This Weekend After 53 Years CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A half-ton Soviet spacecraft that never made it to Venus 53 years ago is expected to ...

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft shrouded in Cold War secrecy, will reenter the Earth's atmosphere in the ... will fly during the reentry window. A map of Kosmos 482's orbital tracks during ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A half-ton Soviet spacecraft that never made it to Venus 53 years ago is expected to fall back to Earth this weekend. Built to land on the solar system’s hottest ...