But the Venera mission, which launched from Kazakhstan on March 31, 1972, failed long before the Soviets could attempt to ...

The Soviet Union's failed Kosmos 482 spacecraft will crash to Earth in the coming days after more than 50 years in orbit. Its ...

Launched in 1972, the failed Venus probe has been stuck in Earth orbit ever since. Now it's hurtling back down to Earth.

It's too early to know where the half-ton mass of metal might come down or how much of it will survive reentry.

NASA scientists say a 1972 probe launched by the Soviet Union may meet a fiery end crashing back into Earth in the coming ...

A piece of space junk called Cosmos 482 is unlikely to pose a threat to people or property. But space experts say it ...

Part of a spacecraft that has been stuck in orbit for 53 years is due to reenter Earth’s atmosphere around May 10 and could ...

Some recent spaceflight spectacles offer hints about what you might see if Kosmos 482 happens to fall through the sky above ...

Venera 1 was launched in 1961, only four years after Sputnik 1, the first satellite. Venera 7, in 1970, was the first ...

Kosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft that never made it beyond Earth’s orbit on its way to Venus, is due to come crashing down on ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that India was marching ahead with renewed confidence in the field of space ...

In 1972, a Soviet spacecraft bound for Venus failed to escape Earth's gravity and got stuck orbiting our planet. Now, 50-odd ...