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An out-of-control Chinese rocket is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere this weekend, but experts do not know where debris from the craft will land or exactly when it will happen.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Friday that the rocket is unlikely to cause damage.
Wang told reporters in Beijing that the rocket will mostly burn up on reentry and “the probability of this process causing harm on the ground is extremely low.”
He said China is closely following the rocket’s path toward Earth and will release any information about it in a “timely manner.”
NASA Rocket to Launch Over Hudson Valley on Saturday
The Hudson Valley skies are going to be busy this weekend.
Earlier this week, the Eta Aquarids meteor shower passed through the Hudson Valley. The Eta Aquarids meteor shower occurs while
Speaking of debris, the Hudson Valley (and really everyone in the U.S., Mexico, Central America, South America, Africa, India, China and Australia) are on high alert as
Not only will there be a
possibility that we ll get get hit by rocket debris, but we ll also be able to catch a glimpse of a rocket heading to space.
According to CBS Boston, NASA is launching the Black Brant XII sounding rocket from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The rocket will launch at 8:02 PM on Saturday, May 8th 2021.
NASA Rocket to Launch Over Hudson Valley on Saturday
The Hudson Valley skies are going to be busy this weekend.
Earlier this week, the Eta Aquarids meteor shower passed through the Hudson Valley. The Eta Aquarids meteor shower occurs while
Speaking of debris, the Hudson Valley (and really everyone in the U.S., Mexico, Central America, South America, Africa, India, China and Australia) are on high alert as
Not only will there be a
possibility that we ll get get hit by rocket debris, but we ll also be able to catch a glimpse of a rocket heading to space.
According to CBS Boston, NASA is launching the Black Brant XII sounding rocket from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The rocket will launch at 8:02 PM on Saturday, May 8th 2021.
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A huge piece of space junk is about to make an uncontrolled re-entry back into Earth s atmosphere, threatening to drop debris on a number of cities around the world this weekend. It s left over from China s first module for its new Tianhe space station and no one knows exactly where it will land.
The 23-ton Chinese rocket Long March-5B recently launched the first module for the country s new space station into orbit. After the core separated from the rest of the rocket, it should have followed a predetermined flight path into the ocean.
But now, scientists have little idea where it will land as it orbits the planet unpredictably every 90 minutes, at about 17,000 miles per hour. As it soars through the atmosphere, appearing to tumble, it is slowly losing altitude.
A Chinese Rocket Is Expected to Fall Back to Earth, But No One Knows Where the Debris Will Land The 46,000-pound Long March 5B launched a core module into space last month.
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A Chinese rocket that recently sent a core module to China s Tianhe space station is headed back to Earth as debris but scientists are unsure where the waste will happen, according to
The 46,000-pound Long March 5B launched the module into orbit on April 28, but the core has since gone off on an undetermined flight path after separating from the rest of the rocket and is unpredictably orbiting the planet at over 17,000 miles per hour.