On April 12, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space and the first one to orbit the Earth. Weeks later ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within ...

Again and again Soviet moon rockets fizzled on the pad ... for the first space walk in 1965. "In the vacuum of space, the suit expanded more than expected," Lewis explains, "so he had to vent ...

Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine ...

which is obviously based on the Chinese Feitian space suit that was based, in turn, on the Soviet/Russian Orlan space suit that was originally flown on the Salyut space station missions and the ...

In 1972, a Soviet spacecraft bound for Venus failed to escape Earth’s gravity and got stuck orbiting our planet. Now, 50-odd years later, the spacecraft’s landing capsule is due to plummet back to ...

"On a happier note, the subsequent Soviet redesigns and improvements to the Soyuz capsules (including space suits for ascent and descent) have been remarkably durable," Smith said. "Soyuz 11 was ...

Here's everything to know so far as astronomers and space agencies attempt to track the probe's descent, which could come within a matter of hours. What is the Soviet-era spacecraft, Cosmos 482?

Cosmos 482 was launched to space by the Soviet Union in 1972 and was supposed to reach Venus. It has been stuck in Earth's orbit.

After he put away his flight suit, Gen. Stafford was the go-to guy ... flight for the 1969 moon landing and the first U.S.-Soviet space linkup, died March 18 at a hospital in Satellite Beach ...