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

A space probe called Kosmos 482 sent to explore Venus by the U.S.S.R. in 1972 but marooned in Earth orbit ever since is about ...

We wrote about this doomed mission in 2019, and the prospects for reentry. Launched on a Molniya-8K78M rocket from the ...

Dutch scientist Marco Langbroek predicts the failed spacecraft will re-enter around May 10 and estimates it will come ...

It's been floating above our planet for more than 50 years. But a satellite operated by the Soviets is finally set to crash ...

A defunct Soviet satelitte is slated to hurtle back to Earth next week, prompting concerns from space experts that we could ...

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

A half-ton Russian satellite that was built to land on Venus but never left Earth’s orbit could fall out of the sky intact in ...

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The astrology forecast for May 2025 brings two important cazimis, the annual Flower Moon, and a major move for Saturn, ...

Mars starts May not far from the Beehive star cluster, Venus is unmistakable in the predawn sky, and Mercury looks best early ...

The Soviet lander Cosmos 482, launched in 1972 but never reached its destination on Venus, is ready for an uncontrolled ...