Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An out-of-control Russian spacecraft has probably plummeted to Earth, after 53 years stuck in orbit, experts say. In recent weeks, ...

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A Soviet spacecraft reentered Earth's atmosphere on Saturday, more than 50 years after its unsuccessful mission to Venus. The spacecraft Kosmos 482, launched in 1972, crashed into the Indian Ocean on ...

View post: NBA Hall of Famer ‘Grateful to be Alive’ After Health Scare A Soviet-era spacecraft called Kosmos 482 has crashed on Earth after 53 years “stuck in orbit,” according to The Associated Press ...

WASHINGTON — Sometime Friday night or Saturday morning, a Soviet-era spacecraft originally meant to land on Venus will re-enter the earth's atmosphere, dropping a half-ton mass of metal back to the ...

A defunct spacecraft from the former Soviet Union that has been stuck in space for more than half a century is, at last, about to come home. Kosmos-482 was launched on a voyage to Venus in March 1972 ...

The Space Age past may come knocking on the world's door next week as the defunct Soviet Union's Kosmos 482 Venus lander from 1972 makes an unwelcome return home and is predicted to crash into the ...

This Soviet stamp commemorates the Venera 8 mission to Venus. The USSR went all-out with its commemorative spaceflight memorabilia: postage stamps, lapel pens, and even fountain pens shaped like ...

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 ...