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

Kosmos 482, was launched by the USSR in 1972 and once bound for Venus, but a badly configured timer onboard the probe meant ...

Chandler police responded to a drowning at a home near Chandler Heights and Cooper roads before 7 p.m. When authorities arrived, they found a 3-year-old boy who was pulled from a backyard pool and ...

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

A remnant of the Soviet Venus program, Kosmos 482 has stayed aloft in in Earth's orbit for 53 years. But it may make a return ...

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

From a spicy Venus in Aries transit to a deeply potent full moon in Scorpio, May is action-packed with thrill and possibility ...

Soviet-era spacecraft Kosmos 482 re-enters Earth's atmosphere after 53 years in orbit without causing injuries or damage, ...

Russia's space agency says a Soviet spacecraft fell back to Earth Saturday morning over the Indian Ocean. It was originally headed to Venus, but instead spent more than 50 years orbiting Earth.

A potentially destructive Soviet Venus lander that was lost in space for over half a century has reentered the Earth's ...

New research has revealed unexpected details about the surface of Venus, Earth’s scorching hot twin. Scientists had long ...

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus.