The police expected to find that the Russians had forged the documents or bribed municipal officials to create them and slip ...

A red installation of the word “Victory” sits outside Yubileiny Palace of Culture with its facade decorated with a mosaic portrait of the Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) ...

Chronicling nearly four decades of activity, this feature examines the rise and fall of the KGB as the Soviet Union’s core intelligence ... were embedded across the globe, and how state ...

It wouldn't be the first time, either. Back in 1978, a Soviet satellite spread radioactive debris across Canada's Far North You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if ...

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one never made it out of orbit around Earth, stranded there by a ...

Cosmos 482, the exploratory spacecraft launched toward Venus by the Soviet Union in March 1972, has finally ended its mission. The 50-year-old lander probe returned to Earth early Saturday ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft that failed to launch to Venus more than 50 years ago plunged to Earth on Saturday. The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking confirmed the spacecraft – known as ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A half-ton Soviet spacecraft that never made it to Venus 53 years ago is expected to fall back to Earth this weekend. Built to land on the solar system's hottest ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking confirmed its uncontrolled ...

A probe launched from the Soviet Union more than five decades ago has plummeted back to Earth, splashing down in the Indian Ocean. Kosmos 482 had been bound for Venus but never reached its ...

This will be no ordinary space junk fall. The Soviet Union's failed Kosmos 482 spacecraft will crash to Earth in the coming days after more than 50 years in orbit. Its homecoming may not spark the ...