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

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

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It’s not every day that a space relic comes home. But this week, a forgotten Soviet spacecraft finally ended its long wait.