Odds considered good that the 1,091-pound lander probe, which consists equipment encapsulated in a spherical pressure vessel, ...

Where and when will Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 fall? NASA has given an estimated time it will reenter Earth's atmosphere on ...

A renowned Irish space reporter has warned of a small - but very real - chance that part of a rocketship is going to crash ...

Ministers Mark Dreyfus and Ed Husic will lose their frontbench positions in Anthony Albanese’s new-look government, after a ...

A Soviet spacecraft launched back in 1972, known as Kosmos 482, is expected to fall back to Earth. The Soviet Union tried to send the lander to Venus, but it never made it.

The Soviet spacecraft, Kosmos 482, is expected to plummet back to Earth this week, over half a century after its initial ...

The uncontrolled re-entry of a spacecraft launched over half a century ago is expected to take place tomorrow and the UK ...

The probe, known as Kosmos-482, was a Venus lander launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 and has been in Earth's orbit ever ...

Nearly 46 years after the Skylab space station caused a sonic boom as it blazed a kaleidoscopic trail across the WA sky, ...

A Russian spacecraft called Kosmos 482 will fall out of orbit and crash back down to Earth sometime between Friday afternoon ...

Kosmos 482 itself is part of the Soviet Union's Venus exploration program known as Venera. This spacecraft weighs about 1.2 ...

Astronomers predict that the 500kg (1,100 lbs) landing module could hit the planet as early as this afternoon.