Soviet probe spacecraft crash into Indian Ocean; 53 years after its failed bid to reach planet Venus

MOSCOW (Bernama-Sputnik/RIA Novosti): A Soviet spacecraft, Kosmos 482, fell into the Indian Ocean on Saturday morning, 53 years after it failed to reach Venus, Sputnik/RIA Novosti reported.

"The Kosmos 482 spacecraft, which was launched in 1972, has ceased to exist, deorbiting and falling into the Indian Ocean," Russian state space corporation Roscosmos said on Telegram.