Cosmos (or Kosmos) 482's orbit has slowly brought it closer to our planet since 1972, and now it's on the cusp of plummeting ...

Indonesian regions are deemed safe from the potential fall of the Kosmos 482 spacecraft module with a highly durable titanium heat shield.

The craft, which came to be known as Cosmos 482, was Venus-bound when it launched March 31, 1972, from a Kazakhstan spaceport, according to a NASA history. But it never escaped Earth’s gravity ...

Space debris re-enters Earth every day. Most burn up in the atmosphere. But Russia's 1972 failed Venera mission probe Cosmos 482 is different.