What goes up, must come down.

Kosmos 482 will return to earth on May 10th, give or take 2.2 days.

And because that interplanetary capsule was built to withstand incredible atmospheric pressures and temperatures on Venus, Langbroek writes it's "possible that it will survive reentry through the Earth atmosphere intact, and impact.

At 495 kg -- 1,085 pounds -- the lander poses "the usual one-in-several-thousand chance of hitting someone.