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

The Soviet Union's failed Kosmos 482 spacecraft will crash to Earth in the ... Venera program of Venus exploration. The probe launched toward the second planet from the sun in 1972 but never ...

A stadium-sized asteroid will pass by Earth today (May 9). Scientists say the "potentially hazardous" 950ft-wide space rock - ...

A failed Soviet-era spacecraft that became trapped in Earth’s orbit by mistake more than 50 years ago is expected to make a crash landing back on Earth early Saturday.

Venera 1 was launched in 1961, only four years after Sputnik 1, the first satellite. Venera 7, in 1970, was the first ...

An asteroid about the length of three football fields is due to pass closely – but safely – by Earth ... The asteroid, dubbed ...

"As this is a lander that was designed to survive passage through the Venus ... sun in 1972 but never got there; its rocket suffered an anomaly, stranding Kosmos 482 in an elliptical orbit around ...

A stadium-sized asteroid will pass by Earth today ... 11 times the average distance between Earth and the Moon." They add: "The asteroid's orbit around the Sun sees it safely pass Earth several ...