Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The failed Soviet ...
This Soviet stamp commemorates the Venera 8 mission to Venus. The USSR went all-out with its commemorative spaceflight memorabilia: postage stamps, lapel pens, and even fountain pens shaped like ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist’s concept of a Soviet spacecraft on the surface of Venus. (Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) A defunct ...
A failed Soviet satellite, dubbed Kosmos 482, is due to hurtle back into Earth after 52 years in space - with London touted as a possible destination. The UK capital is just one of the 26 cities ...
WASHINGTON — Sometime Friday night or Saturday morning, a Soviet-era spacecraft originally meant to land on Venus will re-enter the earth's atmosphere, dropping a half-ton mass of metal back to the ...
The Kosmos 482 spacecraft, a Soviet spacecraft that was launched in 1972 on an unsuccessful trip to Venus, fell back into Earth on Saturday morning. The Kosmos 482 spacecraft was a component of the ...
In an astonishing twist, theKosmos 482, a Russian spacecraft launched in 1972, is thought to have finally fallen to Earth after more than five decades of floating uncontrollably in orbit. Experts ...