NASA engineers have revived old thrusters on Voyager 1 to prevent a clog from endangering the mission during a planned ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover made skywatching history in March, becoming the first robot to witness auroras from the ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within ...

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus.

The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos reported on Saturday (May 10): "The spacecraft entered the dense layers of the atmosphere ...

The 50-plus-year-old spacecraft was trapped in Earth orbit for decades. Now, it has likely fallen back home, according to the ...

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions ...

SpaceX just conducted another static-fire test with a Starship upper stage, further prepping the megarocket for its upcoming ...

A piece of space junk called Cosmos 482 is unlikely to pose a threat to people or property. But space experts say it ...

An aerospace engineer explains why NASA, Space Force and other agencies are using or testing aerobraking for more ...

A half-ton spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union 53 years ago is expected to fall back to Earth this weekend.

Launched in 1972, the failed Venus probe has been stuck in Earth orbit ever since. Now it's hurtling back down to Earth.