On July 22, 1972, a spacecraft landed on Venus! The Soviet space probe Venera 8 was the second spacecraft to successfully ...

The Venera 14 mission, launched by the Soviet Union in the 1980s, marked a historic achievement in space exploration. This interplanetary station made a daring landing on Venus, the hottest planet in ...

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A Soviet-era spacecraft that was designed to make a soft landing on Venus — but instead remained trapped in Earth orbit for decades — likely fell from the sky ...

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-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. Its uncontrolled entry was confirmed by both the Russian Space Agency and European ...

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

" #EUSST is monitoring the re-entry of object Kosmos-482 Descent Craft (1972-023E #6073), the lander capsule of a spacecraft from 1972 intended to land in Venus.

Venera, as the program was called, sent a series of probes toward Venus in the 1970s and ’80s, with several spacecraft surviving the trip and beaming data back to Earth before ceasing operations.

A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth more than half a century after its failed launch to Venus. Russia says it landed in the Indian Ocean, but other experts are less certain.