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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 $...

He orbitted the earth and as a senator, he broke records again as the oldest person to fly in space at age 77. the ss john glenn spacecraft launch came hours after china successfully docked its first spacecraft on its own space lab. china made it a top priority to have their own space station up and running by 2020. elizabeth: and coming up, millions of puzzled over the mind and motive of the paris gunman's senseless slaughter. this, as cautious french voters prepare to cast ballots. ahead, a convicted russian computer criminal reacts to his sentencing fate. >> i think today was a bad day for ...

State and that makes it even more difficult to reach those in desperate health. >> and the release of the girls is a negotiated release not a rescue. boko haram continues to be a problem. sniefd our david mckenzie, appreciate it. thailand's crown prince is reassuring the country of a smooth succession. the king died this past week after 70 years on the throne. he was seen as an influence in a country which had 19 military coups. they told people the -- china is getting ready to send two astronauts into space. chinese state media says the heavenly vessel is expected to blast off monday morn...

Launch. they'll spend 33 days there. mostly conducting science experiments. china's space program made -- they sent the first astronaut into space becoming the third country to do so. in 2008, a chinese astronaut took the country's first spacewalk. a 2013 mission included a successful manual docking with china's first space lab. a major step towards beijing's goal of a permanent space station. china has made five manned space flights to date. interviewing children on camera can be a tough assignment. it can be hard to get much more than one-word answers. when we spoke to some schoolchildren ...

Chinese astronauts do in space. this over here is the space lab that went into orbit some years ago. and over here is the spaceship that attaches to it. the shenzo was originally modelled on the sawyer's russian or soviets union spacecraft. >> china borrowed heavily from the russians when it launched its space program in the early '90s. since then, first man in space, first space walk, first multiday mission. but it comes decades after the cold war race to space. >> translator: the united states and russia started their space programs early. they are the pioneers. >> resumably you wanted to be...