Space Station To Hit Earth
The small orbiting object impacted a window on the cupola observation module which was added to the iss in 2010 to allow for breathtaking views of earth and celestial objects.
Space station to hit earth. Cnn one of the largest pieces of uncontrolled space debris fell back down and landed on earth today. 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. Skylab was the first american space station and fell to earth in 1979 with debris falling into the indian ocean and onto parts of australia.
But most of the iss will return to earth. Space has been riddled with debris ever since man first ventured into space and brought their bad littering habits with them. To do this the mission controllers the people who run the iss will use rockets.
It s about a fifth the mass of skylab. During april a small piece of orbiting junk hit the international space station iss where six astronauts including tim peake currently reside. Spacex delivered two astronauts to the international space station for nasa on sunday following up a historic liftoff with an equally smooth docking in yet another first for elon musk s company.
Live video of earth from space as seen from the nasa iss live stream aboard the international space station. In 2003 debris from nasa s 100 ton space shuttle. Thanks for watching space videos.
Here s a primer on the space lab and its. Some parts may be kept in space to be used again in a new space station. Scientists have since anticipated the space station returning to earth as a manmade meteorite but are unsure.
A defunct chinese space station is expected to plunge to earth from its orbital perch in early april.