In 1975, the Soviet Union’s Venera 9 lander became the first spacecraft to transmit photographs from the surface of Venus, surviving only 53 minutes before succumbing to the planet’s extreme ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist’s concept of a Soviet spacecraft on the surface of Venus. (Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) A defunct ...

After looping through space for 53 years, a wayward Soviet spacecraft called Kosmos-482 returned to Earth, entering the planet’s atmosphere at 9:24 a.m. Moscow time Saturday, according to Roscosmos, ...

A failed Soviet-era spacecraft that became trapped in Earth’s orbit by mistake more than 50 years ago is expected to crash back down onto the planet in a matter of days, according to space experts.

Soviet space probe Venera 5 or 6 launched in January 1969. This is a still from the film 'The Storming of Venus' released on May 17, 1969. Soviet space probe Venera 5 or 6 launched in January 1969.

A half-ton Soviet spacecraft that never made it to Venus 53 years ago is expected to fall back to Earth this weekend. Built to land on the solar system’s hottest planet, the titanium-covered ...

(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 early Saturday morning, according ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft that was designed to make a soft landing on Venus — but instead remained trapped in Earth orbit for decades — is slated to fall from the sky Friday night or early Saturday, ...

Recent sighting of spacecraft and debris burning through the atmosphere during their plummet back to Earth offer some clues ...

After decades of inadvertently orbiting Earth, Kosmos 482 is ready to come home. Astronomers believe the Soviet-era spacecraft is ready to perform its "final death plunge," which will most likely ...