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07-14-2016, 05:22 AM
China's descending space module may **t be out of control after all
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Hi, everybody: Please chill out.
While some overblown (http://www.news.com.au/tech**logy/science/space/chinas-space-station-tiangong1-could-hurtle-towards-earth-in-an-uncontrolled-fireball/news-story/59fa2d45cd37c59f2ba25602402dea5d) headlines (http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/china-space-station-tiangong-1-could-secretly-be-hurtling-towards-earth-astro**mers-say-a7132401.html) may lead you to believe that China's space station module — which played host to Chinese astronauts in the past — is on an imminent, possibly dangerous crash course with Earth, that's **t the full story.
SEE ALSO: To the Moon and Beyond: China's Five-Year Plan for Space (http://mashable.com/2011/12/29/china-space-plan/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
It's true that eventually China's Tiangong-1 — which translates to "heavenly palace" in English — *will eventually come back through Earth's atmosphere, but that breakup isn't necessarily happening in the next few weeks, and even if it were, it shouldn't necessarily be a cause for serious concern. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/13/tiangong-1-china-space-station-breakup/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Hi, everybody: Please chill out.
While some overblown (http://www.news.com.au/tech**logy/science/space/chinas-space-station-tiangong1-could-hurtle-towards-earth-in-an-uncontrolled-fireball/news-story/59fa2d45cd37c59f2ba25602402dea5d) headlines (http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/china-space-station-tiangong-1-could-secretly-be-hurtling-towards-earth-astro**mers-say-a7132401.html) may lead you to believe that China's space station module — which played host to Chinese astronauts in the past — is on an imminent, possibly dangerous crash course with Earth, that's **t the full story.
SEE ALSO: To the Moon and Beyond: China's Five-Year Plan for Space (http://mashable.com/2011/12/29/china-space-plan/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
It's true that eventually China's Tiangong-1 — which translates to "heavenly palace" in English — *will eventually come back through Earth's atmosphere, but that breakup isn't necessarily happening in the next few weeks, and even if it were, it shouldn't necessarily be a cause for serious concern. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/13/tiangong-1-china-space-station-breakup/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about China Space Station (http://mashable.com/category/china-space-station/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Chinese Space Program (http://mashable.com/category/chinese-space-program/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), China (http://mashable.com/category/china/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Human Spaceflight (http://mashable.com/category/human-spaceflight/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Spaceflight (http://mashable.com/category/spaceflight/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/_DRz9RgWXi4