China’s first space station, Tiangong-1, is expected to do an uncontrolled re-entry on April 1st, +/- 4 days, though the error bars vary depending on the source ...

China’s Tiangong-1 space station has been completely out of control for months now, and space agencies from all over the world are expecting it to come crashing down to Earth in early 2018.

A previous prototype space station, called Tiangong-1, launched in 2011, and was retired in 2018, crashing down to Earth after the ground operators lost control during the de-orbit operation.

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