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Washington: No, you are almost certainly not going to be hit by a 10-storey, 23-ton piece of a rocket hurtling back to Earth. That said, the chances are not zero. Part of China’s largest rocket, the Long March 5B, is tumbling out of control in orbit after launching a section of the country’s new space station last week. The rocket is expected to fall to Earth in what is called “an uncontrolled reentry” sometime on Saturday or Sunday. Whether it splashes harmlessly in the ocean or impact...

Chinese Rocket Debris Is Expected To Crash Into Earth Soon BEIJING, China — The large Chinese rocket that is out of control and set to reenter Earth’s atmosphere this weekend has brought about an alarming but not unprecedented situation. Space debris has crashed into Earth on a number of occasions, including last year. The good news is that debris plunging toward Earth — while unnerving — generally poses very little threat to personal safety. As Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist a...

  >> Steven Lee Myers and Kenneth Chang, The New York Times  Published: 07 May 2021 07:01 PM BdST Updated: 07 May 2021 07:01 PM BdST The Long March-5B Y2 rocket, carrying the core module of Chinas space station Tianhe, takes off from Wenchang Space Launch Centre in Hainan province, China Apr 29, 2021. REUTERS No, you are almost certainly not going to be hit by a 10-story, 23-ton piece of a rocket hurtling back to Earth. "); } That said, the chances are not zero. Part of China’s largest r...

/ (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani) Former Sen. Bill Nelson, speaks to media after he was ceremonially sworn-in as the 14th NASA administrator by Vice President Kamala Harris, as his wife, Grace Nelson, right, held their family Bible on May 3, 2021, at the Ceremonial Office in the Old Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. Former Florida senator and new NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is hailing a "new day" for space exploration as the United States seeks to return to the Moon and to go beyond.  ...

Chinas space debris: What we know so far Kaelan Deese © Provided by Washington Examiner A 22.5-metric-ton piece of space debris belonging to a Chinese Long March-5B rocket is about to make an uncontrolled reentry into Earths atmosphere, with little information about when or where it will land. Here is what we know so far: WHAT IS IT? The debris itself is the core stage of the Long March-5B rocket, which is surrounded by four side boosters it uses to place its payload directly ...

Rep. Doug Lamborn provides update on U.S. Space Command investigation Rep. Lamborn says two separate investigations are underway into the proposed move of U.S. Space Command from Peterson AFB. and last updated 2021-05-09 10:28:01-04 COLORADO SPRINGS — During a stop on Fort Carson where First Lady Dr. Jill Biden was speaking to military spouses, Colorado Springs Republican Congressman Doug Lamborn answered some of my questions about the status of the tentative decision to move U.S. Space Co...

Chinese rocket expected to fall to Earth this weekend. Should we be worried? Updated May 07, 3:51 PM; Posted May 07, 12:27 PM In this file photo released by Chinas Xinhua News Agency, a Long March 5B rocket carrying a module for a Chinese space station lifts off in Wenchang in southern Chinas Hainan Province on April 29, 2021. The central rocket segment that launched the 22.5-ton core of Chinas newest space station into orbit is due to plunge back to Earth as early as Saturday, May 8, in an u...

Space debris has crashed into Earth on a number of occasions, including last year. The good news is that debris plunging toward Earth - while unnerving - generally poses very little threat to personal safety. As Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Astrophysics Centre at Harvard University, said: "This is not the end of days." READ MORE: In this photo released by Chinas Xinhua News Agency, a Long March 5B rocket carrying a module for a Chinese space station lifts off from the Wenchang Sp...

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:32 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Q    Hi, good afternoon.  MS.

As of now, it does not know where the debris will land. The core of the rocket, which China launched April 29, has been predicted to come back to Earth "around May 8," Space Command said. Its exact trajectory is still unclear. Newsletter Loading Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service a...