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 ...

Astronauts Steven Smith and John Grunsfeld, appear as small figures in this wide-angle photograph from December 1999, taken ...

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 ...

Maintaining the fuel at temperatures below –183°C is key: even small heat leaks in space can cause gases to boil off.

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.

(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 ...

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

(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 ...