A probe launched from the Soviet Union more than five decades ago has plummeted back to Earth, splashing down in the Indian ...

A spacecraft launched in the 1970s has plunged into the Indian Ocean off Indonesia, more than fifty years after its failed ...

An out-of-control Russian spacecraft has probably plummeted to Earth, after 53 years stuck in orbit, experts say. In recent ...

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus ... entering the planet’s atmosphere at 9:24 a.m. Moscow time on Saturday, according to Roscosmos, the state corporation that runs the Russian space ...

The last piece of a Russian spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 had been making an uncontrolled approach towards Earth for several ...

Russian space agency Roscosmos on Saturday said a Soviet space probe that took off in March 1972 to explore the planet Venus crashed into the Indian Ocean. Planetary lander Kosmos 482 never made it to ...

Debris from the 50 year-old probe Cosmos 482 crash-landed into the Indian Ocean over the weekend.

entering the planet’s atmosphere at 9:24 a.m. Moscow time Saturday, according to Roscosmos, the state corporation that runs the Russian space program. Designed to land on the surface of Venus ...

Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine malfunction.

Offering incredibly high temperatures, crushing pressure, and a thick mix of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid, the atmosphere ...

While Russian authorities indicated it fell into ... This photo shows the planet Venus, seen from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Akatsuki probe (Image: AP) A Soviet-era spacecraft ...