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

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 ...

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

Interestingly, Tikhonravov’s dream of a Soviet mission to Mars was based on former Nazi rocket scientist-turned-American rocket scientist, Wernher Von Braun, who had his own “ Mars Project ” that ...

Soviet spacecraft expected to crash land on Earth in just days. Here’s what to know - The spacecraft malfunctioned on its way to Venus more than 50 years ago. There’s a ‘not-trivial chance ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 .

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 ...