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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Experts said ahead of time that some, if not all, of it might come crashing down, given it was built to withstand a landing on Venus, the solar system’s hottest planet.The chances of anyone ...

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.

The Venera 8 probe lifted off on March 27, 1972, and landed on Venus’ surface two years later, which was the goal. However, its companion mission that launched four days later was not so lucky.

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.

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 ...