The spacecraft was launched as part of the Soviet Union’s ambitious Venera program towards the fag end of the Space Race in 1972. The mission proved to be a failure as the space

An out-of-control Russian spacecraft has probably plummeted to Earth, experts say. In recent weeks, the spacecraft known as Kosmos-482 has been making an uncontrolled approach towards Earth. Experts have been tracking it since – though noted that it was very unlikely that it would land over a populated era.