BERLIN — China’s defunct Tiangong 1 space station is hurtling toward Earth and expected to re-enter the atmosphere within the next day.<\/p>\n
Most of it should burn up on re-entry, so scientists say it poses only a slight risk to people on the ground.<\/p>\n
The European Space Agency on Sunday forecast the station will re-enter sometime between Sunday night and early Monday GMT.<\/p>\n
The Aerospace Corp. predicted re-entry seven hours either side of 0200 GMT Monday (10 p.m. Sunday EDT).<\/p>\n
Tiangong 1 is expected to come to Earth somewhere between 43 degrees north and 43 degrees south, a range covering most of the U.S., China, Africa, southern Europe, Australia and South America.<\/p>\n
Out of range are Russia, Canada and northern Europe.<\/p>\n
Only about 10 per cent of the 8.5-ton spacecraft will likely survive re-entry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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