I have always been a fan of star gazing, but I don’t know if the extreme version will be as relaxing.
This weekend there is an expected reentry of a 50+ year old spacecraft to the Earth’s atmosphere, Kosmos 482.
Now normally this would not be a big deal as most items burn up during reentry, but this time could be different.

Kosmos 482 is not like most other spacecraft. It was built to survive the plunge into the dense, scorching atmosphere of Venus. With temperatures close to 500 degrees Celsius and air pressure 90 times what we experience here on Earth, landing on Venus is like being in an oven set on maximum, nearly a kilometre below the ocean’s surface.

The biggest question that comes to mind when you hear about an object weighing half a tonne and travelling over 200km/h that is set to hit our planet is where?
Well that IS a good question!
Since over 70% of the planet is covered in water, odds are that is where it will hit, but at this point we don’t know.  Anywhere from Northern Saskatchewan to South America is being predicted currently and the hope is that by the weekend we will have a better idea of where and when.  So far, when is sometime from late Friday night or early Saturday morning to Sunday.

 

No need to call Bruce Willis to go nuke an asteroid and have Aerosmith sing about it, #ArmageddonMovie.
There is a very low chance of this ever hitting a house, vehicle, pet or person.  But experts believe it could offer quite the light show, day or night, when Kosmos 482 does return to Earth for the first time since 1972.
Here are more details, what we know so far, as we wait.  Like any other year, we ask Mother Earth to keep us safe this Mother’s Day weekend.

Failed Soviet Venus Probe To Crash To Earth This Weekend