The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos reported on Saturday (May 10): "The spacecraft entered the dense layers of the atmosphere ...

More than 50 years ago in the early 1960s, the Soviet space program embarked on a bold new undertaking to go where no human ...

Debris from the 50 year-old probe Cosmos 482 crash-landed into the Indian Ocean over the weekend.

The Venera mission, which launched from Kazakhstan on March 31, 1972, failed long before the Soviet Union could attempt to ...

Failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 came crashing back down to Earth after more than half a century in space - and scientists ...

The spacecraft, dubbed Kosmos 482, had orbited the Earth since it launched in March 1972. It followed the Soviet Venera 8 ...

In a dramatic turn of events that captured international attention, the Soviet-era spacecraft Kosmos 482 has completed its final descent after spending over five decades in Earth’s orbit. The ...

A failed Venus mission fell from the sky over the weekend after aimlessly orbiting Earth for the past 53 years. Various ...

Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine ...

Soviet spacecraft Kosmos-482 re-entered atmosphere after 53 years, crashing into Indian Ocean without causing harm Read Full Article at RT.co ...

But even though it crashed almost half a planet away from us, it was a closer call for Cork than one might think.

A renowned Irish space reporter has warned of a small - but very real - chance that part of a rocketship is going to crash ...