Though most projections estimate that the object will reenter the atmosphere around May 10, unknowns about its exact shape ...

It's too early to know where the half-ton mass of metal might come down or how much of it will survive reentry.

NASA scientists say a 1972 probe launched by the Soviet Union may meet a fiery end crashing back into Earth in the coming ...

Part of a spacecraft that has been stuck in orbit for 53 years is due to reenter Earth’s atmosphere around May 10 and could ...

Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft known as Cosmos 482 may return to Earth this week, more than 50 years after it embarked on a ...

A failed Soviet-era spacecraft that became trapped in Earth’s orbit by mistake more than 50 years ago is expected to crash ...

Venera 1 was launched in 1961, only four years after Sputnik 1, the first satellite. Venera 7, in 1970, was the first spacecraft to successfully soft-land instead of crashing on a planet. Vega 2 was ...

Yet while Venera 8 successfully landed on Venus in July 1972 and survived 50 minutes on the surface, the later mission failed and the craft separated into several pieces. Some of these remained in ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth, possibly within the first two weeks of May. It's too early to know where the half-tonne ...