No Fooling: Chinese Space Lab Might Plunge From Orbit On April 1
China's Tiangong-1, launched in 2013, is expected to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere sometime between March 31 and April 2, according to the European Space Agency.
by Scott Neuman
Mar 28, 2018
1 minute
China's Tiangong-1 space station may fall from the sky on April 1.
That is not an April Fools' joke. It's a real possibility.
The European Space Agency has narrowed its window for re-entry of the long-abandoned orbiting lab is that it will plunge from orbit in a fiery ball of flame sometime between March 31 to April 2.
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