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 May 10 +/- 4.35 hours.

Kosmos-482, which was headed to Venus, is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere by the end of this weekend. Experts don’t yet know where it may come down. By Nadia Drake A robotic Soviet ...

Editor’s note: Kosmos 482 has officially returned to Earth, splashing into the Indian Ocean early on Saturday morning. Here's our latest story with everything you need to know. The failed Soviet ...

Kosmos 482 rocketed into space more than 50 years ago on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine malfunction. Over time the craft fell closer and closer to Earth ...

An out-of-control Russian spacecraft has probably plummeted to Earth, after 53 years stuck in orbit, experts say. In recent weeks, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 has been making an uncontrolled ...

Kosmos-482 was launched on a voyage to Venus in March 1972 as part of the Soviet multimission Venera program. Thanks to a rocket malfunction, however, it never escaped Earth orbit. Most of its ...

This will be no ordinary space junk fall. The Soviet Union's failed Kosmos 482 spacecraft will crash to Earth in the coming days after more than 50 years in orbit. Its homecoming may not spark the ...

Most calculations predict the decaying probe's remnants could come crashing down early Saturday morning. Given its orbit, the spacecraft could land pretty much anywhere, astronomers calculate.

Ten got stuck in Earth orbit. All of them re-entered Earth’s atmosphere the same year they were launched – except Kosmos 482, which has stayed aloft for 53 more years. As the last remnant of ...

The Soviet Union launched the spacecraft known as Kosmos-482 in 1972, one of a series of Venus missions. But it never made it out of Earth's orbit because of a rocket malfunction. Most of it came ...

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 will conclude its roughly 50-year jaunt through Earth's orbit this weekend, with experts predicting it could crash back to our planet as soon as tonight ...