What we know about the Soviet spacecraft that will return to Earth this week - As the last remnant of the Soviet Venus ...

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

The U.S. Space Force and other international space agencies are closely monitoring what could be a dramatic reentry of a long-abandoned Soviet spacecraft.

Kosmos 482 launched for Venus in 1972 but never left Earth orbit. The spacecraft has now lost enough energy that it can’t fight gravity anymore.

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

Kosmos 482 has been orbiting the Earth for decades. It's still unknown if the craft will fall to Earth intact or burn up upon ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft that has been in orbit for over 50 years is set to crash land into Earth at some point over the next ...

A defunct Soviet probe designed to land on Venus will have an uncontrolled reentry this month and pieces of it may make it to ...

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Somewhere above them, a Soviet citizen was arcing past the stars, whirling about the earth at 18,000 miles an hour, soaring into history as the first man in space. Radio reports identified the ...

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April 19, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of Aryabhata, India’s first satellite—a mission that, despite technical setbacks, laid the foundation for the nation’s ambitious space program. Launched in ...