NASA Chief Hits Out After Long March 5B Chinese Rocket Lands Near Maldives
On 5/9/21 at 5:29 AM EDT
NASA officials have launched an attack on China's lack of transparency and failure to act responsibly over the re-entry of its Long March 5B rocket.
The rocket broke up as it reentered Earth's atmosphere with its remnants landing north of the Maldives, in the Indian Ocean, according to Space Force's 18 Space Control Squadron.
It added the Long March 5B, which was made of four boosters and a core stage, fell into the sea at 10:14 p.m. on Saturday. It was launched from Hainan island on April 29.