Long March 5B
In late April, the Long March 5B rocket was launched into orbit with the first module of China s future space station.
The rocket s body is now orbiting Earth, on the verge of entering the lower atmosphere.
The US announced on Thursday that it was keeping an eye on the object s trajectory but had no intention to shoot it down at this time.
Upcoming Crash We re hoping it lands somewhere where it won t hurt anybody, said US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Hopefully by the sea or something similar.
He also made an overt jab at China, saying that we need to make sure that we take all sorts of things into account when we prepare and execute operations.