BERLIN — A spacecraft bound for Mercury has swung by Venus, using Earth’s neighbor to adjust its course on the way to the solar system’s smallest and innermost planet. Launched almost two years ago, ...

If everything had gone to plan, an uncrewed Soviet-era spacecraft would have landed on Venus in 1972 to conduct a few hours of operations before dying for good. The probe known as Cosmos 482 was meant ...

Update for 9 a.m. ET on May 9: According to the European Space Agency, the current reentry window for the Kosmos 482 Venus probe is 2:26 am ET on May 10 +/- 4.35 hours. This story was updated to ...

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BERLIN (AP) — A spacecraft bound for Mercury swung by Venus on Thursday, using Earth's neighbor to adjust its course on the way to the solar system’s smallest and innermost planet. Launched almost two ...

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In brief: A space probe that has orbited Earth for over half a century is expected to reenter the atmosphere within the next week. Although the failed lander might impact Earth's surface at least ...

Soviet space probe Venera 5 or 6 launched in January 1969. This is a still from the film 'The Storming of Venus' released on May 17, 1969. Soviet space probe Venera 5 or 6 launched in January 1969.