However, its conceptual innovations, engineering challenges, and historical context offer a fascinating glimpse into the Soviet Union’s aspirations for interplanetary travel. Spearheaded by the OKB-1 ...

On July 17, 1975, an American Apollo crew and a Soviet Soyuz crew met up in Earth orbit for the first time, setting the ...

The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project brought Soviet cosmonauts and NASA astronauts together in the first international human ...

A mysterious Soviet-era spacecraft, launched nearly half a century ago, is now on a course back to Earth’s atmosphere. But this isn’t just space junk - experts are watching closely to find out what ...

In the late 1950s, Moscow’s streets were full of stray dogs that adapted to freezing nights and scarce food. One small ...

Soviet space probe Venera 5 or 6 launched in January 1969. This is a still from the film 'The Storming of Venus' released on May 17, 1969. Soviet space probe Venera 5 or 6 launched in January 1969.

The Soviet space program built several probes designed to survive in and study the environment of Venus. That’s no easy feat, the average temperature on Venus is 867 degrees Fahrenheit with 75 ...

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one never made it out of orbit around Earth, stranded there by a ...

In 1972, a Soviet spacecraft bound for Venus failed to escape Earth’s gravity and got stuck orbiting our planet. Now, 50-odd years later, the spacecraft’s landing capsule is due to plummet ...

A Soviet spacecraft is plunging back to Earth this week 53 years after it was launched. Here's what to know. May 6, 2025 / 11:58 AM EDT / CBS/AP Clearing the heavens of space junk .