A piece of space junk called Cosmos 482 is unlikely to pose a threat to people or property. But space experts say it ...

A Soviet spacecraft is expected to come hurtling back to Earth after being stuck in orbit for more than 50 years. The Kosmos 482 probe was intended to reach Venus, however, it never got to its ...

When it launched in the spring of 1972, Kosmos 482 was meant to land on Venus. Instead, it’s on track to land a little closer ...

In the 105 days since Donald Trump began his second term as President, political observers and experts have been working to ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft is expected to come hurling down back to Earth after being stuck in orbit for more than 50 years. The Kosmos 482 probe was intended to reach Venus, but never made it. Instead, ...

Kosmos 482 launched for Venus in 1972 but never left Earth orbit. The spacecraft has now lost enough energy that it can’t fight gravity anymore.

Kosmos 482 has been orbiting the Earth for decades. It's still unknown if the craft will fall to Earth intact or burn up upon ...

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell about Kosmos 482, the Soviet-era spacecraft that was stranded over 50 years ago during a mission to Venus. It will soon return to Earth.