A half-ton spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union 53 years ago is expected to fall back to Earth this weekend.

A defunct, Soviet-era spacecraft is falling back to Earth uncontrolled, but experts say there’s little cause for alarm.

The Soviet-era Kosmos 482, a Venus-bound spacecraft launched in 1972, is set to re-enter Earth's atmosphere between May 9 and ...

Scientists have drawn up a potential impact zone for Soviet spacecraft Cosmos-482, which is set to crash into Earth on Sunday ...

The Kosmos 482 capsule was built tough for Venus. Its fall to Earth will make a huge fireball and may pose a small risk of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth. It’s too early to know where the half-ton mass of metal ...

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

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

The viral "smiley face" nickname first emerged on social media, with the crescent moon positioned as the smiling mouth and Venus and Saturn representing the eyes. But the positioning of the three ...

Alongside a crescent moon, Mercury, Venus and Saturn will become visible to stargazers just before dawn on Friday morning. According to NASA, the planetary phenomenon will be clearest about 45 ...

“Below Venus on the other side of the crescent moon, Saturn will technically be visible. “However, Saturn rises just before the Sun and the sky will be brightening by the minute. “The ...

“Below Venus on the other side of the crescent moon, Saturn will technically be visible. “However, Saturn rises just before the Sun and the sky will be brightening by the minute. “The planets pass ...