The Kosmos 482 spacecraft, a Soviet spacecraft that was launched in 1972 on a failed trip to Venus, fell back into Earth on Saturday morning, new report said.

A Soviet-era spacecraft called Kosmos 482 has crashed on earth after 53 years "stuck in orbit," according to The Associated Press. According to the AP, both the Russian Space Agency and the European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking Agency confirmed the spacecraft had crashed on Earth.