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.

A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The half-ton ...

The 50-plus-year-old spacecraft was trapped in Earth orbit for decades. Now, it has likely fallen back home, according to the ...

A half-ton spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union 53 years ago is expected to fall back to Earth this weekend ...

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

Putin’s Victory Day speech on Red Square was one of the shortest in years, maybe ever. It was heavy on the usual tropes: the ...

Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft known as Cosmos 482 may return to Earth this week, more than 50 years after it embarked on a ...

Russia has celebrated the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, with President Vladimir Putin ...

A Soviet spacecraft is expected to come hurtling back to Earth after being stuck in orbit for more than 50 years. The Kosmos ...

"No need for major concern, but you wouldn't want it bashing you on the head." The Soviet Union launched Kosmos 482 in 1972, one of a series of Venus missions. But it never made it out of Earth's ...

This speech was given by Andrei Ritsky, a representative of the Young Guard of Bolshevik-Leninists in Russia, at the ...