A Chinese Out-of-control rocket is falling back to Earth — and Just missed New York
The US Department of Defence has said it's tracking the Chinese rocket that's out of control and set to re-enter Earth's atmosphere. The Chinese Long March 5B rocket launch The US Department of Defense has said it's tracking the Chinese Long March 5B-rocket that's out of control and set to re-enter Earth's atmosphere this weekend. The core of the Chinese Long March 5B rocket carried the "core module" of the country's space platform into low Earth orbit last week. But then the mission was complete, the rocket appears to possess fallen into an orbit that would see it plunge towards the world. It is not clear how the 30-meter-tall rocket will fall, and where exactly it'll land. Since 1990, nothing weighing more than 10 tonnes has fallen back to Earth uncontrolled – and therefore the Chinese rocket is assumed to weigh about 10 tonnes. The Chinese rocket is predicted to enter Earth's atmosphere around May 8 and US Space Command is tracking t...
