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 ...

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

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 ...

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

By Dean Murray An out-of-control Soviet spacecraft is set to crash into the Earth on Sunday morning - and it could hit the UK ...

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

Furthermore, Russia and China advocate for the internationalization of this initiative and a political commitment among nations not to be the first to deploy weapons in space ...

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

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

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

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