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 ...

NASA and the European Space Agency launched an astronomical revolution. When the Space Shuttle Discovery roared into the sky ...

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 ...

Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine ...

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 has finally returned to Earth after 53 years in orbit. It disappeared into the Indian ...

(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 ...

(AP) — The U.S. military’s classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday after circling ... vetting The space plane blasted into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in ...