Just a few weeks after its 53rd launch anniversary, Cosmos 482 is expected to descend back to Earth's atmosphere between ...

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 ...

Cosmos 482 was launched to space by the Soviet Union in 1972 and was supposed to reach Venus. It has been stuck in Earth's ...

Cosmos 482 launched in 1972 with the intent of landing on Venus for scientific measurements until an apparent engine ...

But if the Cosmos 482 object is indeed a Soviet reentry capsule, it would be equipped with a substantial heat shield, meaning it “might well survive Earth atmosphere entry and hit the ground ...

Much about the piece of space debris, called Cosmos 482 (also spelled Kosmos 482), is unknown. Though most projections estimate that the object will reenter the atmosphere around May 10 ...

Cosmos 482 launched in 1972 with the intent of landing on Venus for scientific measurements until an apparent engine malfunction made arrival unfeasible. Since the engines failed to reach a ...

The Cosmos 482 spacecraft, believed to be a piece of a larger probe, has been orbiting Earth for more than 50 years. Now, astronomers expect that it could be just a matter of days before debris ...

NASA predicts the decaying probe could reenter Earth's atmosphere within a week. Cosmos 482 was one in a pair of identical Venus atmospheric lander probes that launched in 1972. Part of a Soviet ...

However, it failed to escape low Earth orbit, according to NASA. On Monday, NASA said that Cosmos 482 will return to Earth sometime between Wednesday, May 7, and May 13. The spacecraft is expected ...