Re-entering Earth’s atmosphere is one of the most dangerous phases of any space mission. This video explains how spacecraft ...

A defunct, Soviet-era spacecraft is falling back to Earth uncontrolled, but experts say there’s little cause for alarm. The half-ton craft, known as Kosmos-482, was designed to land on Venus but ...

The final hours of the 53-year, errant flight of the Soviet Union’s Cosmos 482 space probe are upon us. US Department of Defense data predicts that the rugged, half-ton spacecraft once bound for Venus ...

A Soviet spacecraft launched a half-century ago called Kosmos 482 has been orbiting the Earth for decades and is at last expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere this coming weekend. The rogue probe is ...

Fuel leaks on the upper-stage vehicle caused it to spin uncontrollably before its planned re-entry through Earth's atmosphere, ending with a "rapid unscheduled disassembly." SpaceX launched Starship ...

On Saturday, a huge chunk of what is almost certainly space junk was found lying in the middle of a desert road in Western ...

University researchers are developing some innovative heat-shield tech. An innovative approach for fully reusable spacecraft suggests making them "sweat" to survive the scorching heat during reentry ...

HEO’s satellite-to-satellite imaging uncovers secrets of Chinese tech-test spacecraft Australian company HEO has imaged and modeled a mystery Chinese satellite prior to its reentry into Earth’s ...

Kosmos 482 has been orbiting the Earth for decades. It's still unknown if the craft will fall to Earth intact or burn up upon atmospheric reentry. A Soviet spacecraft launched a half-century ago ...