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Chance of debris hitting somebody, goodness, one in a billion, trillion. the last piece to come down in 2001. the skylab back in '79. and there's the decaying orbit, coming down, no question about it. it's a matter of how it will come down. and hopefully in smaller and smaller pieces so we don't have to worry too much. and if it lands in western australia, like the 1979 skylab, we could get another fee for littering. isn't that something? i can't get over that. $400 is what we had to paid in '79 because of that. >> interesting. >> thanks. thank you for watching "cnn newsroom." i'm natalie al...

Overnight. abandoned out of control space lab expected to crash to earth within days. the space agency estimates the entry window of march 30th and april 2nd. the anticipated reentry is a black mark on china's space program. the space lab stopped functioning in march of 2016. space experts stressed the odds of debris hitting someone are less than 1 in a trillion. >> that doesn't make me feel better. >> china's secrecy makes the risks difficult to assess. 1 in 1 trillion? you don't feel good? >> people spend hundreds of dollars on a lottery ticket. don't count out microsoft in the race to $...

Officially back on earth tonight. nasa not really sure exactly when it got here or where it landed. officials say they know two things, though. the 6-ton hunk of space junk came crashing through the atmosphere somewhere over the pacific ocean. they know it happened sometime between last night and early this morning. localews crews in los angeles reporting this could be the falling satellite. cameras rolling on it from the news chopper. one positive. looks like everybody beat the 1 in 21 trillion odds. a nasa spokesperson saying no far -- so far no reports of any debris hitting anybody. >> repo...

Aluminum structure. the pieces on the inside will spread out and you will have debris that will be over a footprint about maybe 500 miles long. >> trace: nasa estimates the odds of that debris hitting anybody 1 in 3200. your personal odds of being hit are in the trillions. in fact, you are about 100,000 times more likely to hit the power ball general jackpot thant by the satellite refuge. the satellite is running a little late, right? >> it is running late, my friend. that's because it changes orientation and as a result it slowed way down. here is what i mean. take a look at this. remember th...