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.

A Soviet spacecraft launched a half-century ago called Kosmos 482 has been orbiting the Earth for decades and is at last ...

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 ...

A fragment of the Soviet space probe Kosmos 482, launched over 50 years ago, is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere in the ...

Backup launch opportunities are possible for Sunday, May 4. SpaceX, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, will send 26 ...