Experts say the Venus-bound probe's durable design could allow it to survive reentry, posing a small risk to populated areas.

When it launched in the spring of 1972, Kosmos 482 was meant to land on Venus. Instead, it’s on track to land a little closer ...

After nearly four days on-orbit, the crew splashed down at 9:19 a.m. PT, or 12:19 p.m. ET, on April 4 off the coast of ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth.

Astronomers have predicted where a 500-kilogram section of the Soviet Kosmos 482 satellite could slam into Earth on May 10.

The landing module of a Soviet-era spacecraft bound for Venus is expected to fall back to Earth at some point in the coming ...

Wilmore, who recently spent more than nine months in space, was a 1981 Mt. Juliet High School graduate with family still in ...

Contrary to what might seem obvious, 'space' is not defined by the height at which you become weightless. Near-weightlessness ...

The release of NASA's latest budget reveals the Orion spacecraft and Lunar Gateway space station are getting the chop. The ...

Kosmos 482 has been orbiting the Earth for decades. It's still unknown if the craft will fall to Earth intact or burn up upon ...

The Orion Artemis II spacecraft has been supplied to NASA for its upcoming manned mission around the Moon, to test systems ...

The ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured a coronal mass ejection erupt from the far side of the Sun.