Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 50-plus-year-old Soviet-era spacecraft is expected to return to Earth this weekend. Cosmos 482 was launched to space by the ...

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 for ...

A spacecraft launched in 1972 and failed to enter Venus is set to return to Earth sometime this week. The Soviet-era spacecraft was meant to be a Venus probe. However, it failed to escape low Earth ...

The remains of a spacecraft launched by the USSR in 1972 on a doomed mission to land on Venus could strike Earth on Friday, May 9, or Saturday, May 10, in a rare uncontrolled reentry. Marooned in ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft is set to reenter Earth's atmosphere after over 50 years, returning this week from its failed mission to Venus. NASA said on May 5 that Cosmos 482 will return to Earth sometime ...

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. But ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A derelict Soviet-era spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 is set to hurtle ...

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 conduct ...