In 1975, the Soviet Union’s Venera 9 lander became the first spacecraft to transmit photographs from the surface of Venus, surviving only 53 minutes before succumbing to the planet’s extreme ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An old viral image of the surface of the planet Venus was making the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "As this is a lander that was designed to survive passage through the Venus atmosphere, it is possible that it will survive ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A Soviet-era spacecraft stranded in orbit for more than half a century ...

Launched way back in 1972, Kosmos-482 is about to meet a fiery end. It's one straight out of the history books. After more than 50 years in space, the late Soviet Union's Kosmos-482 mission is set to ...

A half-ton Soviet spacecraft that never made it to Venus 53 years ago is expected to fall back to Earth this weekend. Built to land on the solar system’s hottest planet, the titanium-covered ...

The remains of a spacecraft launched by the USSR in 1972 on a doomed mission to land on Venus could strike Earth on Friday, May 9, or Saturday, May 10, in a rare uncontrolled reentry. Marooned in ...