ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — Russia and Ukraine held their first direct peace talks in three years Friday, gathering in Istanbul ...

MOSCOW, May 16. /TASS/. Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov told Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko that the countries are reinforcing their defense in three directions.

The Venera mission, which launched from Kazakhstan on March 31, 1972, failed long before the Soviet Union could attempt to ...

MOSCOW, May 14. /TASS/. A fire that broke out near the restricted-access town of Tsiolkovsky in the Amur Region in Russia’s Far East has been contained and poses no threat to the community and the ...

Debris from the 50 year-old probe Cosmos 482 crash-landed into the Indian Ocean over the weekend.

A remnant of the Soviet Venus program, Kosmos 482 has stayed aloft in in Earth's orbit for 53 years. But it may make a return ...

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

Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit Ancient wooden spears may have been wielded by ...

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus.

Cosmos 482 was launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union but soon broke up into pieces, some of which remained in space for 53 ...