In the decades since its launch, the spacecraft circled Earth aimlessly as it was slowly dragged back toward home.

A spacecraft that's been hanging around in orbit after a botched launch more than half a century ago has finally crashed back ...

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

A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth more than half a century after its failed launch to Venus. Russia says it landed ...

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

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions for exploring the solar system.

A Soviet-era spacecraft called Kosmos 482 has crashed on earth after 53 years "stuck in orbit," according to The Associated ...

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 has finally returned to Earth after 53 years in orbit. It disappeared into the Indian ...

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

The Kosmos 482 probe crashed to Earth today (May 10) after circling our planet for more than five decades. Reentry occurred ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft that was designed to make a soft landing on Venus — but instead remained trapped in Earth orbit for ...

The changes align with a desire that was reflected in the Trump administration's "skinny budget" proposal for NASA, released ...