As Ukraine marks the anniversary of Stalin-era deportations of Crimean Tatars more than eight decades ago, members of the ...

A Soviet spacecraft is expected to come hurtling back to Earth after being stuck in orbit for more than 50 years. The Kosmos ...

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

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

Ekranoplans—massive Soviet machines combining elements of ships and planes—were built to be the ultimate coastal transport and military asset. This video explores how they could glide over the water ...

Debris from the 50 year-old probe Cosmos 482 crash-landed into the Indian Ocean over the weekend.

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 ...

Kosmos 482 was part of the Soviet Union's storied Venera program of Venus exploration. The probe launched toward the second ...

This speech was given by Andrei Ritsky, a representative of the Young Guard of Bolshevik-Leninists in Russia, at the ...

On May 9, 1945, the Soviet Union celebrated Victory Day, marking the official end of World War II in Europe. This date ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The half-ton ...