A piece of space junk called Cosmos 482 is unlikely to pose a threat to people or property. But space experts say it ...

A dramatic aircraft chase of a falling spacecraft has provided new insights into the fiery processes that accompany the ...

Experts say the Venus-bound probe's durable design could allow it to survive reentry, posing a small risk to populated areas.

A Soviet spacecraft is falling back to Earth after 50 years in orbit. Experts warn of possible debris impact as tracking ...

The Soviet Union launched Kosmos 482 on March 31, 1972. At the time, the spacecraft was part of the Venera program, which ...

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

However, DARPA wants the LASSO spacecraft to orbit the moon as low as 6.2 miles (10 km). "The orbiting spacecraft needs to ...

Newly published images suggest that an unknown structure is trailing behind the Kosmos 482 probe on its descent to Earth. It ...

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

The Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University is partnering with Canopy Aerospace to test next-generation ...

Kosmos 482 was launched in 1972, but will soon make an uncontrolled return to Earth. Here's where the defunct spacecraft may ...

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