China’s first prototype space station, 天宫一号 (Tiāngōng-1), or “Heavenly Palace”, launched into orbit in September 2011, got totally out of control and, although it will mostly burn up in the atmostphere, there’s a chance that a “significant” portion will fall to Earth. Officials of 国家航天局 (China National Space Administration) admitted that they have lost control of the station, and that it is moving too fast to accurately predict where debris from the 8.5-tonne module will crash. Photo: Shutterstock/Rex.
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