It’s not every day that a space relic comes home. But this week, a forgotten Soviet spacecraft finally ended its long wait.

A potentially destructive Soviet Venus lander that was lost in space for over half a century has reentered the Earth's ...

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus.

A Soviet spacecraft launched more than half a century ago has finally returned to Earth, ending a decades-long odyssey with a dramatic but harmless p ...

That out-of-control spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 has 'probably crashed' by now, and experts think they know where it could ...

A spacecraft launched more than 50 years ago has crashed into Earth.The defunct probe from the former Soviet Union, known as ...

Kosmos 482 was launched in March 1972 as part of the Soviet Venera program to explore Venus from the surface. A launch mishap ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. Its ...

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