Kosmos-482, a failed mission to Venus from the former Soviet Union that stalled in Earth orbit in the 1970s, is about to fall back to our planet. Exactly where or when it will strike, however, remains ...

Simulations show that the stars’ tug could send Mercury, Venus or Mars crashing into Earth — or let Jupiter eject our world from the solar system.

Reaching Earth’s orbit is a complex, high-stakes engineering challenge, and the Space Shuttle was one of the most advanced spacecraft ever designed to do it. This video explores the nine-minute ...

Kosmos 482 was launched by the then-Soviet Union in 1972 as part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one never ...

(AP) — The U.S. military's classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday after circling the world for 434 days.

Instead, an engine malfunction prevented the spacecraft from getting very far – dooming Cosmos 482 to five decades of circling aimlessly around Earth. The vehicle's orbit has slowly brought it closer ...

SpaceX rocket launch near NASA Kennedy Space Center may be visible from Volusia County, including New Smyrna, Port Orange, Oak Hill and Daytona Beach ...

Cosmos 482, the Soviet probe that was supposed to land on Venus but ended up stuck in Earth's orbit for decades, appears to have crashed back to Earth in the early hours of Saturday morning.

(AP) — The U.S. military’s classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday after circling the world for 434 days. The space plane blasted into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space ...

The U.S. military’s classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday after circling the world for 434 days. The space plane blasted into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in ...