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

SpaceX just conducted another static-fire test with a Starship upper stage, further prepping the megarocket for its upcoming ...

An innovative approach for fully reusable spacecraft suggests making them "sweat" to survive the scorching heat during their ...

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions ...

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

A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth more than half a century after its failed launch to Venus. Russia says it landed ...

A half-ton spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union 53 years ago is expected to fall back to Earth this weekend ...

But drag doesn't just slow down cars. Aerospace engineers are working on using the drag force in space to develop more ...

The craft was last detected over Germany and is believed to have completed an uncontrolled re-entry after a botched mission ...

An aerospace engineer explains why NASA, Space Force and other agencies are using or testing aerobraking for more ...