Kosmos 482 was launched by the then-Soviet Union in 1972 as part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one never ...

Kosmos 482 launched for Venus in 1972 but never left Earth orbit. The spacecraft finally lost enough energy that it couldn't fight gravity anymore.

A car-sized piece of Soviet rocket has crashed back through the atmosphere, after 53 years in orbit. "It's a half-tonne thing falling out of the sky at a couple of hundred miles an hour.

In theory, it’s a no-brainer: Why rely on Russians for such an integral ­element ... like military weaponry and rocket engines. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, U.S. policy encouraged ...

A car-sized piece of Soviet rocket has crashed back through the atmosphere, after 53 years in orbit. Scientists haven't yet pinpointed its location but one organisation has predicted it had re ...

Author shares an anecdote about a fake Soviet rocket that lieutenants made as a prank in 1957 during the race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to launch an ICBM. DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST ...

Ukraine has put US-supplied rocket artillery systems to effective use against Russian forces. Modern rocket artillery, like the HIMARS in use in Ukraine, have a long history on the battlefield.

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 Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday ... But this one never made it out of orbit around Earth, stranded there by a rocket malfunction. Much of the spacecraft came tumbling back ...