Efremova, now 101, was a teenager when Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. She ended up serving as a nurse in field hospitals on the front and remembers the horrors of the fighting ...

The Soviet Union launched the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 in 1972, one of a series of Venus missions. But it never made it out of Earth orbit because of a rocket malfunction. Most of it came ...

May 2 (UPI) --A spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 is due to come crashing back into Earth's atmosphere around May 10 and nobody knows where it will land. The Kosmos 482 mission ...

Here are over 30 new restaurants now open in metro Phoenix There have been over 2,500 Kosmos satellites launched by the Soviet Union, and later Russia, since 1962. The “Kosmos” name was used ...

The Soviet Union's planetary missions involved putting vehicles into what's referred to as an Earth parking orbit, or a temporary orbit used during the launch of a spacecraft. From there ...

Cosmos 482 was launched in 1972 as part of the Soviet Union's Venera program, which intended to explore Venus, according to NASA. The unmanned spacecraft experienced a successful initial launch on ...

The Soviet Union launched Kosmos 482 in 1972 to explore Venus but failed to exit Earth’s orbit, where it has remained since, Langbroek wrote. Given that it was intended to survive Venus’ harsh ...

MOSCOW (AP) — When she heard the news of Nazi Germany surrendering 80 years ago, Valentina Efremova couldn’t believe the devastating war was over. Efremova, now 101, was a teenager when Nazi ...

Fifty years ago, the former Soviet Union launched a probe to Venus. Except it never made it. Instead, the rocket engines shut off too early, and the probe was stuck in Earth orbit. Now, it's making ...

The Soviet Union's planetary missions involved putting vehicles into what's referred to as an Earth parking orbit, or a temporary orbit used during the launch of a spacecraft. From there ...