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

The probe’s return to Earth had been closely monitored by multiple space agencies, including the European Space Agency (ESA) ...

and falling into the Indian Ocean, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said. The European Space Agency is monitoring Cosmos 482's uncontrolled descent. The spacecraft was last spotted on radar ...

Launched in March 1972, Kosmos 482 was bound for Venus. The mission was part of the Soviet Union’s Venera program. But a ...