Debris from the 50 year-old probe Cosmos 482 crash-landed into the Indian Ocean over the weekend.

The Russians indicated it came down over the Indian Ocean, but some experts were not so sure of the precise location.

Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine malfunction.

A probe launched from the Soviet Union more than five decades ago has plummeted back to Earth, splashing down in the Indian ...

Space debris re-enters Earth every day. Most of it burns up in the atmosphere. But Russia's 1972 failed Venera mission probe Cosmos 482 is different.