For the next few evenings, the waxing gibbous moon is already well up as skies darken. If you happen to see it, keep in mind ...

The defunct probe from the former Soviet Union, known as Kosmos 482, was launched in 1972 on a mission to explore Venus. A launch failure left it trapped in Earth’s orbit — where it has remained for ...

The Kosmos 482 probe was made and launched by the USSR in 1972 as part of the Soviet Union's Venera program to explore Venus. Of the 29 spacecraft launched towards Venus, just 16 reached the ...

The Venera mission, which launched from Kazakhstan on March 31, 1972, failed long before the Soviet Union could attempt to touch down on Venus. Because of a propulsion problem, it never escaped ...

The odyssey of the Soviet Union's failed attempt to reach Venus came to an end over the weekend with the probe either disintegrating during reentry or what remained of it splashing harmlessly into the ...

"Kosmos 482" was launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union as part of a mission to explore Venus. However, the device failed to leave Earth's orbit, and the spacecraft's landing unit has been orbiting ...

After an extraordinary 53-year odyssey, Kosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft, has made a dramatic return to Earth, ending its prolonged stay in orbit. The spacecraft, which was launched in March 1972 as ...

Since dormant spacecraft re-enter the atmosphere on a regular basis, most are non-stories, but Kosmos 482 was something special. It was originally one of the Soviet Union's Venera series of probes ...

A Soviet spacecraft that's been stuck ... NASA said it was "possible" that Kosmos 482 survived reentry. The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking network said it "most likely survived ...