The soon-to-reenter Soviet Cosmos 482 Venus probe is getting increased attention by satellite trackers – and new imagery ...

Part of a spacecraft that has been stuck in orbit for 53 years is due to reenter Earth’s atmosphere around May 10 and could ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge ...

But that attempted Venus probe ran amuck during its rocket-assisted toss to the cloud-veiled world. Major elements of that failed craft remained in Earth orbit. What’s ahead is the reentry of ...

A 53-year-old Venus probe that failed to escape low Earth orbit is expected to make an uncontrolled reentry in the coming weeks. Built to withstand extreme heat, parts of the spacecraft could ...

The Soviet Union launched the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 in 1972, one of a series of Venus missions. View on euronews ...

This sort of failure would repeat itself during the failed Phobos-Grunt mission, which crashed back to Earth on January 15, 2012. Though the Soviet Venera program to Venus was largely successful ...

Some of these remained in low Earth orbit and broke down within 48 hours, while others went into a higher orbit but did not gain enough speed to reach Venus, NASA said. The object scientists are ...