The ESA Space Debris Office is closely following the reentry of the Cosmos (Kosmos) 482 Venus descent craft and currently expects the object to reenter Earth's atmosphere at 09:12 CEST on 10 May ...

The 1,091-pound craft, also known as Cosmos 482 and Venera 8, is predicted to reach reentry within nine hours of 1:54 a.m. ET on May 10, according to the Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris ...

This particular piece of space junk did not pose a substantial risk to people on the ground, experts told CNN. But it garnered international attention because of Cosmos 482’s unique history.

Cosmos 482 is on track to hit the ground or ocean roughly between 10 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., according to four analyses of the object from various institutions, including the European Space Agency and ...

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one never made it out of orbit around Earth, stranded there by a ...

There’s no record of space debris ever causing a human fatality. “The risk of any satellite reentry causing injury is extremely remote,” ESA officials wrote in a blog post about Kosmos 482.

NASA expects Cosmos 482 to return to Earth roughly around 3:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, May 10. The European Space Agency predicts the spacecraft to return around 2:26 a.m. ET on Saturday, May 10.

An out of control Soviet spacecraft is set to crash into the Earth on Sunday morning – and it could hit the UK. Scientists had estimated the Cosmos-482, a Venus lander stranded in Earth orbit ...

NASA expects Cosmos 482 to return to Earth roughly around 3:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, May 10. The European Space Agency predicts the spacecraft to return around 2:26 a.m. ET on Saturday, May 10.

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one never made it out of orbit around Earth, stranded there by a ...