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 ...

The rocket that launched it suffered an anomaly, stranding the probe in an elliptical orbit around Earth where it has ...

A Soviet spacecraft that's been stuck in low Earth orbit ever since it launched in 1972 has finally crashed back down to our planet. Kosmos 482 rocketed into space more than 50 years ago on a ...

The Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth ... Most of the satellite burned up as it reentered Earth's atmosphere.

(AP) — A half-ton Soviet spacecraft that never made it to Venus 53 years ago is expected to fall back to Earth this weekend ... by now and its batteries long dead. Dutch scientist Marco ...

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 ...

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 satellite once bound for Venus has crashed landed back on Earth after more than half a century in space. The Kosmos 482 Descent Craft floated around in outer space for more than 50 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...