On Dec. 24, 1978, Venera 11 landed on Venus. Venera 11 was a robotic mission launched by the Soviet Union to explore Venus ...

A piece of Soviet hardware built to survive the burning, crushing environment of Venus crashed down to Earth sometime early Saturday morning, and, so far, no one has any idea where. On March 27 and ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. Its uncontrolled entry was confirmed by both the Russian Space Agency and European ...

A long-lost Soviet spacecraft has at last made its blazing re-entry into the Earth after 50 years. The heavy lander, after its aborted attempt to explore Venus, got trapped in low orbit for decades.

(CNN) — A Soviet-era spacecraft that was designed to make a soft landing on Venus — but instead remained trapped in Earth orbit for decades — likely fell from the sky early Saturday morning, according ...

The former Soviet Union's Cosmos 482, a failed Venus mission from March 31, 1972, reentered Earth's atmosphere after decades in orbit. Its lander component made an uncontrolled descent, impacting the ...

This astronomical observatory was the brainchild of the solar astronomer George Ellery Hale. He was a professor at the ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus.Related video above: Venus is the brightest planet in our solar systemIts uncontrolled ...

December 15th marks significant milestones: the Soviet Venera 7's historic landing on Venus and the Leaning Tower of Pisa's ...