A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The half-ton spacecraft fell out of orbit on Saturday. The European Union Space ...

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This will be no ordinary space junk fall. The Soviet Union's failed Kosmos 482 spacecraft will crash to Earth in the coming days after more than 50 years in orbit. Its homecoming may not spark the ...

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

"No need for major concern, but you wouldn't want it bashing you on the head." The Soviet Union launched Kosmos 482 in 1972, one of a series of Venus missions. But it never made it out of Earth's ...

In March of 1972, the Soviet Union launched the probe that was supposed to land on Venus. It was part of the country's ongoing Venera program (Venera is Russian for Venus). Ten probes would ...

Newsweek contacted Russia's Roscosmos via email for comment on Wednesday. Originally launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 as part of an ill-fated mission to Venus, the spacecraft has remained ...

A Soviet spacecraft that failed to launch to Venus is set to fall back to Earth in the next week. The Kosmos 482 capsule was built for Venus's brutal atmosphere, so it will likely survive Earth's.