The project, designed to function as a science lab in low-Earth orbit, is a collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency, Russia’s Roscosmos space program, the Canadian Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

With its location far away from any landmasses, the area is considered a relatively safe place for falling space debris.Ĭonstruction began on the International Space Station in 1998 and completed in 2011. Most objects will burn up as they pass through Earth's atmosphere, but some fragments can survive. Remnants of China’s biggest rocket have landed in the Indian Ocean, ending days of speculation over where the debris would hit and drawing US. People watch a Long March 5B rocket, carrying China's Tianhe space station core module, as it lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch.

31) that carried the Mengtian science module to the nations Tiangong space station. This remote part of the Pacific Ocean is sometimes nicknamed the ' Spacecraft Cemetery,' because it's a frequent target for space agencies and aerospace firms to intentionally de-orbit old or defunct spacecraft.Ĭontrolled de-orbits are a crucial way to remove decommissioned space stations and satellites from low-Earth orbit, rather than letting them languish in space. Giant Chinese rocket’s debris could crash down in New York. The 23-ton (21 metric tons) piece of debris resulted from Chinas launch of a Long March 5B rocket on Monday (Oct. A Chinese rocket booster made an out-of-control reentry into Earths atmosphere over the water early.

NASA plans to aim for a region known as Point Nemo in the so-called South Pacific Ocean Uninhabited Area, an open stretch of water east of New Zealand. A Long March 5 rocket blasting off in China.

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