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

The Soviet Union's failed Kosmos 482 spacecraft will crash to Earth in the coming days after more than 50 years in orbit. Its ...

Launched in 1972, the failed Venus probe has been stuck in Earth orbit ever since. Now it's hurtling back down to Earth.

The Kosmos 482 capsule was built tough for Venus. Its fall to Earth will make a huge fireball and may pose a small risk of ...

It wouldn't be the first time, either. Back in 1978, a Soviet satellite spread radioactive debris across Canada's Far North ...

Unfortunately, as is often the case with sending spacecraft flying into the Solar System, not all of the probes made it to their final destination. One probe, launched in 1972, failed to make it to ...

Kosmos 482 was meant to explore Venus, but became an accidental satellite. Everything to know about the Soviet Venus probe ...

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

A probe, which first launched to Venus in 1972, is expected to plummet back to Earth this weekend with a small risk of it ...

An out-of-control Soviet-era spacecraft will plummet back to Earth on Saturday, if the latest tracking predictions are ...

After a failed soviet union mission to venus 53 years ago the spacecraft has been left in orbit around earth since the early ...