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

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 ...

A half-ton Soviet-era spacecraft launched in 1972 is expected crash into Earth after orbiting the planet for 53 years. Originally destined for Venus but stuck in orbit after a rocket malfunction ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

The Soviet spacecraft Kosmos-482 was launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus. But due to a rocket malfunction, it's been hurtling back towards Earth in an elliptical orbit for the past 53 years.

A failed Soviet-era spacecraft is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere some time this month.. The Soviet Union launched Kosmos 482 in 1972, intending to land on Venus. However, the probe never ...

The Soviet space program built several probes designed to survive in and study the environment of Venus. That’s no easy feat, the average temperature on Venus is 867 degrees Fahrenheit with 75 ...