Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 50-plus-year-old Soviet-era spacecraft is expected to return to Earth this weekend. Cosmos 482 was launched to space by the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Venera 8 descent module, which is identical to the Cosmos 482 probe due to crash back on Earth. If everything had gone to plan ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Eric Mack is a reporter covering science, sustainability and space. The final hours of the 53-year, errant flight of the Soviet ...

Designed to survive a trip to Venus, the aging vehicle is believed to be capable of easily surviving a trip through Earth's atmosphere. NASA predicts the decaying probe could reenter Earth's ...

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Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft may return to Earth this week, more than 50 years after it embarked on a botched mission to Venus. Cosmos 482 launched in 1972 with the intent of landing on Venus for ...

This is a replica of the Kosmos 482 Soviet spacecraft, once bound for Venus. An error in a timer caused an engine to fail to fire, and the craft was stuck in Earth ...

Most calculations predict the decaying probe's remnants could come crashing down early Saturday morning. Given its orbit, the spacecraft could land pretty much anywhere, astronomers calculate. But ...