This exciting discovery opens up new possibilities for auroral research and confirms that auroras could be visible to future ...

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. ("Rocket Lab" or "the Company"), a leading launch and space systems company, today announced its record turnaround of two Earth return missions in two months with its latest ...

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

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 may crash back to Earth after 53 years in orbit, with reentry expected around May 10, 2025. Risk to public remains low.

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

It is not known where the object came down (Alamy/PA) Launched in 1972 by the former Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one ...

Predictions for the earthly plunge of a wayward Soviet era Venus space probe are narrowing as the old spacecraft is expected ...

Data gaps are filled with Pioneer Venus Orbiter data, or a constant mid-range value. Simulated color is used to enhance small ...

It was not immediately known how much, if any, of the half-ton spacecraft survived the fiery descent from orbit. Experts said ...

Kosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft that never made it beyond Earth’s orbit on its way to Venus, is due to come crashing down on ...