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The first image has emerged showing the Chinese rocket that is set to make an uncontrolled re-entry to earth. Here is the take off:
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Debris from China s Long March 5B rocket, which launched from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China s Hainan Province last month, is expected to come crashing down to Earth this weekend.
However, the chances of debris actually hitting anyone are small - with much of the craft expected to burn up in the atmosphere and any surviving wreckage more likely to land in the ocean or uninhabited areas of the planet.
Out of control rocket on collision course with Earth - and could hit within days
Spacecraft debris is usually guided to a designated spot in the sea, but the core stage of one Chinese rocket began orbiting Earth uncontrolled - and could land anywhere between the US, Spain and New Zealand
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A huge Chinese rocket is out of control and hurtling towards Earth - and it could impact within days.
Rocket to crash to Earth this week and no-one knows where it will land
Experts say up to 40% of the rocket s debris could survive reentry and crash land
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A 30-metre-long Chinese rocket weighing 21-tonnes is expected to crash to Earth this week - although no-one knows where it will land.
Chinese rocket set to crash land to earth - but we don t know where
Nearly half of the 21-tonne rocket s debris could survive re-entry this week
The core module of China s space station, Tianhe, on the Long March-5B Y2 rocket. (Guo Wenbin/Xinhua via AP)
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