Tom Kaulitz, left, and Heidi Klum attend Heidi Klum’s 23rd annual Halloween party, Oct. 31, 2024, at Hard Rock Hotel New York in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth.It’s too early to know where the half-ton mass of metal might come down or how much of it will survive reentry, according to
Dutch scientist Marco Langbroek predicts the failed spacecraft will reenter around May 10. He estimates it will come crashing in at 150 mph (242 kph), if it remains intact.“While not without risk, we should not be too worried,” Langbroek said in an email.AP correspondent Ed Donahue reports on the expected return to Earth of a spacecraft.
The object is relatively small and, even if it doesn’t break apart, “the risk is similar to that of a, several of which happen each year. You run a bigger risk of getting hit by lightning in your lifetime,” he said.
The chance of the spacecraft actually hitting someone or something is small, he added. “But it cannot be completely excluded.”
The Soviet Union launched the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 in 1972, one of a series of Venus missions. But it never made it out of Earth orbit because of a rocket malfunction.“The two-party system is over,” Ventura, a lawyer and former soccer pundit, said.
Chega competed in its first election just six years ago, when it won one seat, and has fed off disaffection with the more moderate traditional parties.Campaigning under the slogan “Save Portugal,” it describes itself as a nationalist party and has focused on curbing immigration and cracking down on corruption.
On the streets of Lisbon, 42-year-old bank employee Marta Costa said she felt “disappointment and sadness” at Chega’s showing.“We are losing the world and not building something decent for our children,” she said. “I think we are not placing enough value on freedom.”