In the heat of the Cold War, the CIA pulled off one of its boldest and most secretive missions - stealing a Soviet spacecraft ...

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one never made it out of orbit around Earth, stranded there by a ...

May 10 (UPI) --A Soviet-area spacecraft that orbited Earth for more than 50 years crashed into the Indian Ocean on Saturday, Russian officials confirmed."The Kosmos-482 spacecraft, launched in ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. Its uncontrolled entry was confirmed by both the Russian Space Agency and European ...

A Soviet spacecraft from 1972 is set to crash back to earth tonight. ... 1969 by NASA shows Earth from 36,000 nautical miles away as photographed from the Apollo 10 spacecraft. (NASA via AP) ...

In 1972, a Soviet spacecraft bound for Venus failed to escape Earth’s gravity and got stuck orbiting our planet. Now, 50-odd years later, the spacecraft’s landing capsule is due to plummet ...

Soviet-era Venus probe Kosmos 482 set to burn up in the atmosphere sometime this week Replica of the Kosmos 482 landing probe. Launched aboard a Molniya-M (8K78M) four-stage launch vehicle, ...

Cosmos 482, the exploratory spacecraft launched toward Venus by the Soviet Union in March 1972, has finally ended its mission. The 50-year-old lander probe returned to Earth early Saturday, May 10 ...