President Donald Trump’s plans to build a space-based Golden Dome missile defense shield have drawn immediate criticism from ...

National Archives and Records Administration The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union stepped up a gear on May 25, 1961, when American President John F. Kennedy announced that his ...

Space & Spaceflight Uncontrolled Soviet Probe Crashes to Earth, Hitting Unknown Location Kosmos 482 performed an uncontrolled reentry on May 10, possibly crashing into the Indian Ocean.

A Soviet-era spacecraft designed to land on Venus crashed to Earth on Saturday, decades after it was launched. The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking agency confirmed the uncontrolled ...

May 10 (UPI) -- A Soviet-area spacecraft that orbited Earth for more than 50 years crashed into the Indian Ocean on Saturday, Russian officials confirmed. "The Kosmos-482 spacecraft, launched in ...

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one never made it out of orbit around Earth, stranded there by a ...

A Soviet satellite once bound for Venus has crashed landed back on Earth after more than half a century in space. The Kosmos 482 Descent Craft floated around in outer space for more than 50 years ...

Doomed Soviet satellite from 1972 will tumble uncontrollably to Earth next week — and it could land almost anywhere Doomed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 could hit Earth tonight. Here's when.

An illustration of a satellite crashing into the ocean after an uncontrolled reentry through Earth's atmosphere. A similar fate is expected to await the Soviet Kosmos 482 probe, which could fall ...

Friday night or Saturday morning, a 53-year-old Soviet spacecraft is due to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere. As I explained in my May “What’s Up In The Sky” feature, the heat-resistant Soviet ...

Forbes How To Track The Dead Soviet Lander Falling Back To Earth Soon By Eric Mack Cosmos 482 Likely to Land With a Splash or Distant Crash But with those big caveats in mind, it seems probable ...

Soviet spacecraft plunging back to Earth 53 years after launching Just weeks ago, scientists warned that a "city killer" asteroid had a small chance of hitting Earth. While that prediction was ...