China’s first space station burns up over the South Pacific

Tiangong-1’s demise was confirmed by the China Manned Space Engineering Office and separately by US Strategic Command, with help from “counterparts in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom.” The event was largely publicised due to misplaced fear that the craft could land on a heavily populated city or town. …

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