21-ton Chinese rocket part expected to fall to Earth

Name: 21-ton Chinese rocket part expected to fall to Earth
Uploaded: 2021-05-04T22:56:44Z
Duration: 2 min 16 s
Description: The almost 100-foot core of China's Long March 5B rocket is likely to make an uncontrolled reentry at an unknown point in the coming days. The spacecraft launched Thursday into low Earth orbit from Hainan's Wenchang Center, ferrying the Tianhe module for the country's first permanent space station.

The almost 100-foot core of China's Long March 5B rocket is likely to make an uncontrolled reentry at an unknown point in the coming days. The spacecraft launched Thursday into low Earth orbit from Hainan's Wenchang Center, ferrying the Tianhe module for the country's first permanent space station.

Posted May 4, 2021 6:56pm EDT