In late March 1972, the Soviet Union's Cosmos 482 was launched. But that attempted Venus probe ran amuck during its ...

A fragment of the failed Soviet Venus probe Cosmos 482 is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere around May 10, though ...

The spacecraft suffered an engine anomaly that left it stuck in Earth's orbit for decades, and now it's slated for an ...

South Carolina's last Venus flytraps exist at the Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve in Conway. More awareness about these ...

The spacecraft was designed to survive falling through Venus's atmosphere. 53 years after launch, it's coming back.

The lander section of the Kosmos 482 probe was launched in 1972 and designed to survive on Venus. Now it's due a fiery ...

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

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

A Soviet Venus probe which launched in 1972 and has been stuck orbiting Earth for 53 years is set to fall back to our planet ...

It’s one straight out of the history books. After over 50 years in space, the late Soviet Union’s Kosmos-482 mission is set ...

A fragment of the failed Soviet Venus probe Cosmos 482 is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere around May 10, though experts say the exact timing and location remain uncertain.

A heat-protected capsule that the USSR had intended to reach Venus is on a collision path with Earth, with astronomer Marco ...