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

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

A fragment of the failed Soviet Venus probe Cosmos 482 is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere around May 10, though experts say the exact timing and location remain uncertain.

The lander section of the Kosmos 482 probe was launched in 1972 and designed to survive on Venus. Now it's due a fiery ...

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

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

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

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 celestial leap is set to take place over two nights as the moon and Jupiter will appear to dance near to each other in the night sky.

May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events—find out when and where to look for meteor showers, ancient star clusters, ...

New research challenges the meteorite hypothesis, suggesting Earth's water may be native, originating from the solar nebula rather than asteroidal impacts.

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