A Russian satellite named Cosmos 2553 is showing signs that it may no longer be working properly. Launched just weeks before the Ukraine conflict began in 2022, this satellite was sent into 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, May 10, ...

Far out in geosynchronous orbit, a Russian satellite moves through deep space. Cosmos 2553, nicknamed “Sput-nuke,” is designed to carry a nuclear payload that could render most satellites unusable.

A newly designed rank insignia in Washington, D.C. on May 15, 2020. Far out in geosynchronous orbit, a Russian satellite moves through deep space. Cosmos 2553, nicknamed “Sput-nuke,” is designed to ...