In the decades since its launch, the spacecraft circled Earth aimlessly as it was slowly dragged back toward home.

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 has finally returned to Earth after 53 years in orbit. It disappeared into the Indian ...

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

The Kosmos-482 automated interplanetary station, launched in 1972 to study Venus, has returned to Earth, crashing into the ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth more than half a century after its failed launch to Venus. Russia says it landed ...

The Kosmos 482 spacecraft, a Soviet spacecraft that was launched in 1972 on a failed trip to Venus, fell back into Earth on ...

Cosmos 482, launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1972 with a destination of Venus, malfunctioned and has been in ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft called Kosmos 482 has crashed on earth after 53 years "stuck in orbit," according to The Associated ...

A Soviet-area spacecraft that orbited Earth for more than 50 years crashed into the Indian Ocean on Saturday, Russian ...

TASS/. Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritsky (a TASS special reporter in space) and Kirill Peskov congratulated Russian citizens on Victory Day from the board of the International ...

A derelict Soviet-era spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 is set to hurtle back toward Earth after more than five decades in orbit ...

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions for exploring the solar system.