A piece of a failed 1972 Soviet Venus probe is expected to reenter Earth around May 10. The object could fall anywhere between 52° North and 52° South, covering a wide area. Experts say the risk is ...

Soviet space probe Venera 5 or 6 launched in January 1969. This is a still from the film 'The Storming of Venus' released on May 17, 1969. Soviet space probe Venera 5 or 6 launched in January 1969.

If everything had gone to plan, an uncrewed Soviet-era spacecraft would have landed on Venus in 1972 to conduct a few hours of operations before dying for good. The probe known as Cosmos 482 was meant ...

After looping through space for 53 years, a wayward Soviet spacecraft called Kosmos-482 returned to Earth, entering the planet’s atmosphere at 9:24 a.m. Moscow time Saturday, according to Roscosmos, ...

Soviet space probe Venera 5 or 6 launched in January 1969. This is a still from the film 'The Storming of Venus' released on May 17, 1969. Credit - Sovfoto/Universal Images Group—Getty Images Once on ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. On May 10 of this year, the egg-shaped Kosmos-482 descent module, weighing roughly 1,091 pounds ...

Recent sighting of spacecraft and debris burning through the atmosphere during their plummet back to Earth offer some clues as to what the reentry of a failed Soviet Venus lander might look like.

It was meant to land on Venus in 1972 at the height of the first space race. But "Cosmos 482" failed to leave Earth's orbit and has been "parked" up there ever since. Now, 53 years later, this ...

The Soviet Union launched over a dozen probes to Venus—most successfully. But one never made it past Earth’s orbit and has, in fact, stayed there since 1972. Now, over 50 years later, the ...

(CNN) — A Soviet-era spacecraft that was designed to make a soft landing on Venus — but instead remained trapped in Earth orbit for decades — likely fell from the sky early Saturday morning, according ...

Most calculations predict the decaying probe's remnants could come crashing down early Saturday morning. Given its orbit, the spacecraft could land pretty much anywhere, astronomers calculate. But ...