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 ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth ...

A defunct Soviet -era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is poised for an uncontrolled descent back to Earth.

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

But that country's attempted Venus probe ran amuck during its rocket-assisted toss to the cloud-veiled world. Payload leftovers were marooned in Earth orbit, specifically the spacecraft's lander ...

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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 ...

Launched on a Molniya-8K78M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 31, 1972, the mission was likely meant to head to Venus. A similar launch involving the successful Venera 8 ...

That spacecraft in July 1972 became the second craft to land successfully on the surface of Venus. It relayed data from Venus' hellish surface for 50 minutes and 11 seconds before succumbing to ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth. Trump budget would slash NASA funds How to catch ...

It's quite possible that the 1,000-pound-plus (nearly 500-kilogram) spacecraft will survive reentry. It was built to withstand a descent through the carbon dioxide-thick atmosphere of Venus ...