The US is Tracking Chinese out of Control Rocket falling back to Earth
According to a press release issued by the US military, the US military is tracking a huge piece of Chinese space debris that is likely to re-enter Earth's atmosphere sometime around 8 May. But as the Pentagon points out, no one knows where it will land yet.
The space debris under consideration is formally known as a Long March 5B, a rocket launched into the orbit of China's Tianhe Space Station on 28 April. There are concerns that it may descend into an area inhabited by humans.
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The out-of-control Long March-5B Y2 rocket is falling back to Earth after delivering the first module of China’s upcoming space station Tianhe into orbit. However, Chinese authorities aren’t able to bring the rocket down safely into the ocean. Instead, d...