Decades-old Soviet spacecraft still orbiting Earth may crash back around May 10

A half-ton Soviet spacecraft, Kosmos 482, launched in 1972 for Venus, is predicted to make an uncontrolled reentry around May 10. Due to a rocket malfunction, it remained in Earth orbit. Experts are monitoring its descent, anticipating impact between 52 degrees north and south latitude, with the possibility of some components surviving reentry.

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