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

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft shrouded in Cold War secrecy, will reenter the Earth's atmosphere in the next few days ...

Time was, the Soviet Union fairly owned Venus. From 1961 to 1983, the U.S.’s old space race rival launched 16 probes, Venera ...

Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft is expected to crash back to Earth this week after being stuck in orbit for more than half a ...

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

Scott Sutherland joins Matt DiNicolantonio to discuss Kosmos 482, which was a Soviet mission to Venus launched on March 31, ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within days.

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

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

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 ...

It wouldn't be the first time, either. Back in 1978, a Soviet satellite spread radioactive debris across Canada's Far North ...

The spacecraft launched as the USSR attempted to reach Venus, will crash back to Earth this week as scientists try to ...