Cosmos 482, part of a Soviet-era spacecraft that failed to reach Venus in the 1970s, is expected to crash back on Earth between May 6 and May 13, 2025 ...

But if the Cosmos 482 ... about Cosmos 482 on his website. The risk of the object hitting people on the ground is likely minimal, and there’s “no need for major concern,” McDowell wrote ...

Cosmos (or Kosmos) 482's orbit has slowly brought it closer to our planet since 1972, and now it's on the cusp of plummeting back to its home world.

Space debris re-enters Earth every day. Most of it burns up in the atmosphere. But Russia's 1972 failed Venera mission probe Cosmos 482 is different.

NASA said on May 5 that Cosmos 482 will return to Earth sometime between May 7 and May 13. The spacecraft is most likely to begin its descent on May 10, though. The space agency said that since ...

A 50-plus-year-old Soviet-era spacecraft is expected to return to Earth this weekend. Cosmos 482 was launched to space by the Soviet Union in March 1972, with the intent of landing on Venus to ...

Much about the piece of space debris, called Cosmos ... 482 on his website. The risk of the object hitting people on the ground is likely minimal, and there’s “no need for major concern ...

NASA predicts the decaying probe could reenter Earth's atmosphere within a week. Cosmos 482 was one in a pair of identical Venus atmospheric lander probes that launched in 1972. Part of a Soviet ...

The probe known as Cosmos 482 was meant to eventually sputter out ... "No need for major concern," McDowell concluded, "but you wouldn't want it bashing you on the head." ...