On Friday, March 8, a pallet of used batteries from the International Space Station (ISS) reentered Earth’s atmosphere over the Gulf of Mexico following an unpredictable journey through orbit.
A safety panel highlighted the urgency of safely deorbiting the International Space Station (ISS) after it retires in 2030, warning of a catastrophe if the spacecraft were to make an uncontrolled reentry through Earth’s atmosphere.
"We re very fortunate that the snap captured exactly where the rocket body was and captured four image frames," HEO s Dane Brumm said, reported Cosmos.
Out-of-control Chinese rocket falling to Earth could shower cities with debris
The Long March 5B rocket, carrying China’s Tianhe space station core module, lifts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan Province, China (Credits: EPA)An out-of-control Chinese rocket is predicted to crash back down to Earth later this week.The Long March 5b rocket launched on Thursday and was supposed to splash back down in the ocean. However, Chinese space officials have now lost control of re-entry and experts are worried the…
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