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 ...

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

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

The EU Space Surveillance and Tracking system showed a map of its potential landing route, including land areas marked in red ...

A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut safely landed Sunday in Kazakhstan, concluding a 220-day mission aboard the International Space Station.

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 ...

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

A Russian cargo ship docked to the International Space Station fired its thrusters Wednesday (April 30) to distance itself ...