A piece of space junk called Cosmos 482 is unlikely to pose a threat to people or property. But space experts say it ...

A dramatic aircraft chase of a falling spacecraft has provided new insights into the fiery processes that accompany the ...

However, DARPA wants the LASSO spacecraft to orbit the moon as low as 6.2 miles (10 km). "The orbiting spacecraft needs to ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth ...

A spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 is due to come crashing back into Earth's atmosphere around May 10 and ...

The Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University is partnering with Canopy Aerospace to test next-generation ...

Part of a spacecraft that has been stuck in orbit for 53 years is due to reenter Earth’s atmosphere around May 10 and could ...

A defunct Soviet probe designed to land on Venus will have an uncontrolled reentry this month and pieces of it may make it to ...

The Soviet Union launched Kosmos 482 on March 31, 1972. At the time, the spacecraft was part of the Venera program, which ...

The probe was supposed to travel to Venus but got stuck in Earth's orbit, where it has been decaying for more than half a century.

A Soviet spacecraft is falling back to Earth after 50 years in orbit. Experts warn of possible debris impact as tracking ...

Newly published images suggest that an unknown structure is trailing behind the Kosmos 482 probe on its descent to Earth. It ...