The 50-plus-year-old spacecraft has been trapped in Earth orbit for decades. Now, it’s expected to fall back home.

A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The half-ton spacecraft fell out of orbit on Saturday.

A Soviet space probe launched in the 1970s on a failed mission to Venus is expected to land back on Earth as early as this weekend. It's unclear where.