While the USSR’s Venera 8 successfully reached its destination, a malfunctioning Soyuz rocket ensured its sibling Kosmos 482 craft never made it past Earth’s orbit. The long-dead probe’s ...

It's still quite uncertain just where and when the craft will fall, although it is expected to reenter around 2:26 am ET on ...

On or around May 10, 2025, a forgotten piece of the Cold War will make its fiery return to Earth. It’s not a missile, not a ...

Soviet-Era Spacecraft Is Expected to Plummet to Earth This Weekend After 53 Years CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A half-ton ...

A spacecraft built like a tank that was supposed to study Venus has likely crashed back to Earth Saturday ... However, after reaching Earth orbit, the satellite failed to launch on a trajectory ...

A defunct Soviet satellite is slated to hurtle back to Earth next ... machine was left stranded in Earth’s orbit — literally spiraling out of control. The dead spacecraft — which is around ...

A Soviet spacecraft launched more than 50 years ago on a failed mission to Venus is expected to crash back on ... are likely dead. If a spacecraft was launched but failed to exit Earth’s orbit ...

Atmospheric drag has been pulling the dead ... Earth's surface, however, so we can say one thing: It's likely Kosmos 482 will splash down at sea. — A failed Soviet Venus lander will fall back ...

A failed space probe from the former Soviet Union is expected to fall back to Earth ... to public safety. A dead Chinese satellite burned up during its reentry to Earth and wowed stargazers ...

Venera 1 was launched in 1961, only four years after Sputnik 1, the first satellite ... and radio the results back to Earth. Each lander carried a USSR medallion inside. But all didn’t go ...