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

The spacecraft was designed to survive falling through Venus's atmosphere. 53 years after launch, it's coming back.

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 ...

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 ...

It's been floating above our planet for more than 50 years. But a satellite operated by the Soviets is finally set to crash ...

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

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

It’s one straight out of the history books. After over 50 years in space, the late Soviet Union’s Kosmos-482 mission is set ...

A HYPERSONIC jet could soar at thousands of miles an hour – slashing the flight time between London and New York to just over ...

A heat-protected capsule that the USSR had intended to reach Venus is on a collision path with Earth, with astronomer Marco ...

The Soviet lander Cosmos 482, launched in 1972 but never reached its destination on Venus, is ready for an uncontrolled ...

On May 12, the full Moon will illuminate UK skies. This month, it is called the 'Flower Moon', which is believed to be a ...