Soviet Union

After over half a century adrift in space, the remnants of the Soviet Union's ambitious Venus exploration program have literally come back down to Earth. The Kosmos-482 spacecraft, launched in 1972 as...

A relic of the Cold War space race is making an unexpected return. The failed Soviet Venus probe, Kosmos 482, launched in 1972, is predicted to fall back to Earth. After spending over five decades str...

A relic of the Cold War space race is making an unexpected return. Kosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft that malfunctioned on its way to Venus in 1972, is predicted to crash back to Earth around May 10th. ...