Soviet spacecraft plunging back to Earth 53 years after launching 03:37. Just weeks ago, scientists warned that a "city killer" asteroid had a small chance of hitting Earth. While that prediction ...

A Russian spacecraft that launched more than 50 years ago will finally crash back down to Earth, but nobody knows where it will land or even if it will fully break apart upon reentry.

Failed Soviet probe will soon crash to Earth – and we don't know where Kosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft that never made it beyond Earth’s orbit on its way to Venus, is due to come crashing down ...

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A spacecraft built like a tank that was supposed to study Venus has likely crashed back to Earth Saturday morning, decades after its Soviet-era launch. Space agencies had tracked the defunct probe ...

Keep your eyes on the skies, because a 50-year-old Soviet-era spacecraft is crashing back to Earth. ... While that might sound scary, the odds are good it will crash down without incident.

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. Its uncontrolled entry was confirmed by both the Russian Space Agency and European ...

When that junk does fall from orbit, it typically burns up in the Earth’s atmosphere. But unlike Kosmos 482, most space junk doesn’t have a heat shield. That’s why Kosmos 482 presents a ...

A 53-year journey in Earth's orbit after failed launch Kosmos 482 , also known as Cosmos482 or 05919, was a Venus -bound probe that launched atop a Russian Soyuz rocket on March 31, 1972.