A Soviet Venus probe that launched in 1972 and has been stuck orbiting Earth for 53 years is set to fall back to our planet ...

In late March 1972, the Soviet Union's Cosmos 482 was launched. But that attempted Venus probe ran amuck during its ...

Kosmos 482 —originally launched on March 31, 1972, as part of the Soviet Union's ambitious Venera program to explore Venus—is ...

The spacecraft suffered an engine anomaly that left it stuck in Earth's orbit for decades, and now it's slated for an ...

In 1972, the Soviet Union’s Venera 8 spacecraft became the second ever to land on Venus. It operated for 50 minutes in the ...

A COLD War era Soviet spaceship destined for Venus is set to crash back to Earth, and it could hit the UK. Kosmos 482 took ...

A five-decade old spacecraft meant to explore Venus is likely to fall back to Earth next month. This spacecraft is an old ...

In 1972, the Soviet Union launched a pair of space probes destined for Venus. While the USSR’s Venera 8 successfully reached ...

The latest projections peg the 1,000-pound spacecraft’s reentry between May 8 and May 11. A complicating factor is that ...

A Soviet spaceship which took off for Venus in 1972 - but a failed launch left it circling lifelessly above us - is finally ...

“In about 2 weeks from now, an unusual uncontrolled reentry will happen: a 53-year-old landing capsule from a failed Soviet Venera mission stuck in Earth orbit,” Dutch satellite tracker Marco ...

South Carolina's last Venus flytraps exist at the Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve in Conway. More awareness about these ...