The development of the Don-2N was a significant engineering feat, requiring advanced materials, precise manufacturing, and ...

Facing MiG-21PF interceptors guided by ground controllers and equipped with RP-21 and RP-22 radar, Vulcan crews had to rely on low-level flying, radar-warning receivers like Blue Saga, and jammers ...

As Cold War tensions soared, the RAF's Avro Vulcan faced a daring transformation—from sky-dominating bomber to low-altitude strike weapon. Could it weave through Soviet defenses, outmaneuver ...

Pilot Viktor Belenko’s defection was a major embarrassment for the Soviet Union—which was subsequently ... Belenko broke formation in his MiG-25 “Foxbat,” descended to avoid radar ...

A Soviet-era space probe crashed back to Earth after more than 50 years in orbit. May 12, 2025 12:19 PM ET. By . ... Kosmos 482 was last spotted over Germany before disappearing from radar, ...

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 ...

Soviet-era spacecraft Kosmos 482 was launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union as part of a series of missions to Venus. ... based on orbital analyses and its absence from radar readings.

A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth more than half a century after its failed launch to Venus. Russia says it landed in the Indian Ocean, but other experts are less certain.

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one never made it out of orbit around Earth, stranded there by a ...

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 ...

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft, could crash on Saturday after being trapped in Earth's orbit for more than 50 years. Here's when and where it could crash. Friday, Jun 27, 2025 ...

The European Space Agency tracked the satellite over Germany shortly after 2 a.m. EDT Saturday before it disappeared from radar. In the spring of 1972, the Soviet Institute for Space Research ...