After more than 50 years in space, the late Soviet Union's Kosmos-482 mission is set to reenter Earth's atmosphere early next ...

A half-ton Russian satellite that was built to land on Venus but never left Earth’s orbit could fall out of the sky intact in ...

In late March 1972, the Soviet Union's Cosmos 482 was launched. But that attempted Venus probe ran amuck during its ...

Kosmos 482 —originally launched on March 31, 1972, as part of the Soviet Union's ambitious Venera program to explore Venus—is ...

The spacecraft suffered an engine anomaly that left it stuck in Earth's orbit for decades, and now it's slated for an ...

A fragment of the failed Soviet Venus probe Cosmos 482 is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere around May 10, though ...

In 1972, the Soviet Union’s Venera 8 spacecraft became the second ever to land on Venus. It operated for 50 minutes in the ...

A Soviet Venus probe which launched in 1972 and has been stuck orbiting Earth for 53 years is set to fall back to our planet ...

Go outside an hour before sunrise on Thursday, April 24, and if the skies are clear, you'll be greeted by a spectacular sight ...

A Soviet spaceship which took off for Venus in 1972 - but a failed launch left it circling lifelessly above us - is finally ...

In 1972, the Soviet Union launched a pair of space probes destined for Venus. While the USSR’s Venera 8 successfully reached ...

“In about 2 weeks from now, an unusual uncontrolled reentry will happen: a 53-year-old landing capsule from a failed Soviet Venera mission stuck in Earth orbit,” Dutch satellite tracker Marco ...