Asteroids are remnants from the formation of the solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. Most orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter in the main asteroid belt, though some, called Near-Earth ...

Major elements of that failed craft remained in Earth orbit. The upper stage of the Soyuz booster launching that Venus probe cut off prematurely, leaving the payload marooned in Earth orbit.

While the USSR’s Venera 8 successfully reached its destination, a malfunctioning Soyuz rocket ensured its sibling Kosmos 482 craft never made it past Earth’s orbit. The long-dead probe’s ...

HE THEN WAS FLOWN TO THE A rock climber was flown to the hospital after falling onto a rock ledge at Susquehanna Riverlands State Park in York County, according to the Wrightsville Fire Department.

Instead, it broke up into pieces soon after leaving the Earth’s atmosphere, and what’s left of Kosmos 482 has been stuck in a low-Earth orbit ever since. Now 53 years later, the craft is ...

Hopes were high as the Soviet Union targeted Venus in 1972. But the mission went astray and remained trapped around Earth. Now, after 53 long years, part of it is coming home. Cosmos 482 launched ...

the debris will fall into a remote part of the ocean.The exact date is difficult to name, as the Sun, which is now in its active phase, heats and expands the Earth’s atmosphere, creating greater ...

Instead, her family is now planning her funeral. At about 11:20 p.m. Saturday, Simmons was struck and killed by a firetruck after falling from an SUV at the intersection of S. Compton and Chouteau ...

Investigators said the 18-wheeler struck a concrete barrier, then hit several road signs before falling onto its side. The rig caught fire after impact, killing the driver. Both east and west ...