Cosmos 482, launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1972 with a destination of Venus, malfunctioned and has been in ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The half-ton ...

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions for exploring the solar system.

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

A Soviet-era spacecraft that was designed to land on the surface of Venus crashed down to earth on Saturday, decades after it ...

Russia's celebration this weekend of the Soviet victory over the Nazis 80 years ago comes under the shadow of its invasion of Ukraine.