A failed Soviet-era spacecraft is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere some time this month. The Soviet Union launched Kosmos 482 in 1972, intending to land on Venus. However, the probe never ...

WASHINGTON — Sometime Friday night or Saturday morning, a Soviet-era spacecraft originally meant to land on Venus will re-enter the earth's atmosphere, dropping a half-ton mass of metal back to ...

This model, which first entered service in 1960, was the first truly modern, second-generation Soviet jet fighter, according to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Any aircraft owned by ...