A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth more than half a century after its failed launch to Venus. Russia says it landed ...

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions for exploring the solar system.

Check out scenes from Project Kuiper’s first mission, including during launch and inside Mission Control as the first ...

A half-ton Soviet spacecraft that never made it to Venus 53 years ago is expected to fall back to Earth this weekend.

It's still quite uncertain just where and when the craft will fall, although it is expected to reenter around 2:26 am ET on ...

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Since its failed launch, the spacecraft's descent module — a heavy, durable object built to survive entry into Venus's atmosphere — has remained in orbit. It has been slowly descending toward Earth ...

Kosmos-482, a failed mission to Venus from the former Soviet Union that stalled in Earth orbit in the 1970s, is about to fall ...

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

Kosmos 482, a former Soviet Union spacecraft, has something hanging. A satellite tracker says it might be the parachute, but ...

A newly discovered green comet tracked by telescopes has likely broken apart as it swung by the sun, dashing hopes of a naked ...

Fresh clue in probe into gun murder of Scots banker as cops study photograph It is thought cops are trying to identify people in the picture in case they know something Kevin DUGUID , News reporter ...