Every launch into Earth’s orbit now adds to a dangerous congestion of junk, making space less navigable by the year. Despite ...

A failed Soviet-era spacecraft that became trapped in Earth’s orbit by mistake more than 50 years ago is expected to make a crash landing back on Earth early Saturday.

The time part or all of the dead probe is expected to impact Earth continues to narrow in on Friday overnight into Saturday ...

There is a lot of debris in orbit around Earth that sooner or later we will have to contrive a means to go get.

Kosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft that never made it beyond Earth’s orbit on its way to Venus, is due to come crashing down on ...

Cosmos (or Kosmos) 482's orbit has slowly brought it closer to our planet since 1972, and now it's on the cusp of plummeting back to its home world.

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within ...

Semiconductors designed for spacecraft face a range of extreme conditions that impact aging. A reliable source of power is ...

The Soviet Venus probe Kosmos 482 is expected to fall to Earth on May 10, but exactly when and where remains unknown.

Some recent spaceflight spectacles offer hints about what you might see if Kosmos 482 happens to fall through the sky above ...

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft shrouded in Cold War secrecy, will reenter the Earth's atmosphere in the next few days ...

Soviet-era Kosmos 482 is set to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere: here's how you can track it and learn what time it's coming ...