A Cold War-era spacecraft is about to return to Earth, the final leg of its failed mission to explore one of our closest cosmic neighbors. Kosmos 482 was launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 to travel ...

See how Orion spacecraft from NASA's Artemis 1 mission enters Earth's atmosphere after its successful mission around the moon. Footage shows 25 minutes of re-entry and parachute footage time-lapsed to ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. On May 10 of this year, the egg-shaped Kosmos-482 descent module, weighing roughly 1,091 pounds ...

Re-entering Earth’s atmosphere is one of the most dangerous phases of any space mission. This video explains how spacecraft ...

The final hours of the 53-year, errant flight of the Soviet Union’s Cosmos 482 space probe are upon us. US Department of Defense data predicts that the rugged, half-ton spacecraft once bound for Venus ...

A Soviet spacecraft launched a half-century ago called Kosmos 482 has been orbiting the Earth for decades and is at last expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere this coming weekend. The backstory: ...

A Soviet spacecraft launched a half-century ago called Kosmos 482 has been orbiting the Earth for decades and is at last expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere this coming weekend. The rogue probe is ...

Yet another huge chunk of space debris survived re-entry intact, landing in the middle of a road in Australia.

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 atmospheric reentry. A Soviet spacecraft launched a half-century ago ...