Chinese Space Station May Fall To Earth This Easter Weekend
Tiangong 1, the Chinese space station that has been out of control and getting closer and closer to Earth for a couple of years. Now, it looks as though the…
JIUQUAN, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 29: A Long March 2F rocket carrying the country’s first space laboratory module Tiangong-1 lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on September 29, 2011 in Jiuquan, Gansu province of China. The unmanned Tiangong-1 will stay in orbit for two years and dock with China’s Shenzhou-8, -9 and -10 spacecraft with the eventual goal of establishing a manned Chinese space station around 2020. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
Lintao Zhang/Getty Images (Original Launch of Tiangong-1)Tiangong 1, the Chinese space station that has been out of control and getting closer and closer to Earth for a couple of years. Now, it looks as though the time is arriving to enter the atmosphere.
Tiangong 1 was China's first space station, and was launched in 2011. It's final crew departed in 2013.
Where will it enter and where will the pieces land? Nobody knows. What we do know is that since most of the Earth is covered by water, odds are pretty good it will land in an ocean. If it hits land, there's only a one-in-a-trillion chance of someone being hit by debris. It HAS happened one time before.
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