London, May 11 -- A portion of a Soviet-era spacecraft seems likely to have re-entered the Earth's atmosphere after remaining stuck in orbit for over half a century, the European Space Agency said.
According to the EU Space Surveillance and Tracking centre (SST) a fragment - believed to be the lander - "most likely" re-entered the atmosphere at about 6-16 pm GMT (11-46 pm IST) on Saturday, the BBC reported.
According to reports, Kosmos 482, which launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus, never made it out of Earth's orbit and instead broke into four pieces that have been circling the planet for more than five decades.
It is unclear whether the object fell to the ground or burnt up in the atmosphere.
According to reports, it is also uncle...