According to reports, "Tiangong 1", the space laboratory launched by China in 2011, will arrive in the ground in March follo...
According to reports, "Tiangong 1", the space laboratory launched by China in 2011, will arrive in the ground in March following its failure, without the experts being able to determine the exact date or location of its downfall.
The experts said Tiangong, who weighed up to 8, 5 tons, 40 feet long, will probably not pose a threat to humans, pointing out that the probability of falling on a densely populated site is very small, reaching one in a trillion.
Experts said most parts of the space lab would likely burn when they entered the Earth's airspace, while some pieces would fall into the ocean, CNN said.
Although such an incident would not pose a risk, it is a source of embarrassment to the China Space Agency, as it failed to properly return the laboratory.
China sent "Tiangong 1" to space in September 2011, and then sent "Tiangong II" in 2016, as part of a Chinese plan to set up a 20-ton space station, to be completed in 2022.
The "Tiangong 1" was used by astronauts for the last time in 2013, with the lab retiring a little while later and being returned to the ground and bring it down in the ocean, but China decided to keep it in space for fear that "Tiangong 2" would not arrive properly.
China announced that "Tiangong 1" had ceased operation on March 16, 2016, without showing any reasons for the request.
