When you put your hand out the window of a moving car, you feel a force pushing against you called drag. This force opposes a ...

The Kosmos 482 capsule was built tough for Venus. Its fall to Earth will make a huge fireball and may pose a small risk of ...

The Soviet Union's failed Kosmos 482 spacecraft will crash to Earth in the coming days after more than 50 years in orbit. Its ...

ClearSpace completed the second phase of the UK Space Agency’s Active Debris Removal (ADR) mission, by testing and refining ...

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

We're likely less than two weeks from a former Soviet Union spacecraft re-entering Earth's atmosphere, but there's a problem: ...

According to the CIA, the name Area 51 comes from its map designation. It was also previously referred to as “Paradise Ranch” to make the facility sound more attractive to those that would be working ...

A derelict Soviet-era spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 is set to hurtle back toward Earth after more than five decades in orbit ...

The spacecraft's NavCam 1 - one of three cameras that comprised its 'Touch-and-Go' camera system - snapped the photo 804,000 miles (1,297,000 kilometers) from Earth and 735,000 miles (1,185,000 ...

The moon is getting a new visitor, as the Japanese company ispace has entered lunar orbit with its Resilience lander.

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