Pieces of a runaway Chinese rocket have rained down on the Indian Ocean
facebook
email
WENCHANG, CHINA - APRIL 29: A Long March-5B Y2 rocket carrying the core module of Chinas space station, Tianhe, blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on April 29, 2021 in Wenchang, Hainan Province of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
An uncontrolled Chinese rocket reentered Earth's atmosphere and landed in the Indian Ocean Saturday.
The rocket had been hurtling towards Earth for a week, with no one knowing when or where it would land.
The landing quelled fears that debris from the rocket might have fallen on people or property.