Chinese Space Station Falling To Earth
An out of control chinese space station is expected to plunge to earth in about a week.
Chinese space station falling to earth. It s about a fifth the mass of skylab. By denise chow and tim stelloh a defunct chinese space station plummeted through earth s atmosphere on sunday night and officials said debris from the 18 000 pound spacecraft landed in the pacific. The 40 foot long tiangong 1 or.
China s first prototype space station tiangong 1 will come crashing back to earth between march 30 and april 3 give or take a few days experts say. An artist s illustration of china s tiangong 1 space station falling to earth as it burns up in the atmosphere. Here s a primer on the space lab and its.
Weighing in at nearly 18. On may 5 china launched the long march 5b rocket with an unmanned prototype spacecraft into orbit from wenchang space launch center in south china s hainan province. Experts say it s extremely unlikely that large pieces of the school bus sized tiangong 1 will survive.