In 1972, the Soviet Union’s Venera 8 spacecraft became the second ever to land on Venus. It operated for 50 minutes in the ...

A Soviet spacecraft is set to return from Earth's orbit after a failed mission to Venus over 50 years ago. See when it could crash to Earth.

Latest satellite tracking data reveals that its parachutes could already have been released after tumbling in low Earth orbit ...

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era probe, is reentering Earth this month. Launched in 1972 for a Venus mission, it failed to escape ...

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket loaded with nearly two dozen Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit late Sunday from ...

Kosmos 482 launched for Venus in 1972 but never left Earth orbit. The spacecraft has now lost enough energy that it can’t fight gravity anymore.

Amazon is preparing to launch its debut batch of satellites into orbit as it seeks to establish its own internet service for ...

Icomera has enhanced on-train connectivity by using low Earth satellites (LEO) satellites to deliver faster, more reliable ...

Kosmos 482 has been orbiting the Earth for decades. It's still unknown if the craft will fall to Earth intact or burn up upon ...

Amazon.com Inc.’s first batch of production satellites reached low-Earth orbit, the biggest step to date in the company’s ...

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

China on Tuesday launched a group of low Earth orbit satellites from the southern part of the country, state media reported.