A huge Chinese space station is spinning around our planet out of control – and could crash to Earth in a rain of fire.
The massive Tiangong-1 satellite, launched in 2011, is reported to have lost radio connection with China’s space agency in March this year.
Speaking to Space.com last month, several experts suggested that signs hint that the eight-ton Tiangong-1 space station is out of control.
Satellite tracker Thomas Dorman told Space.com, ‘If I am right, China will wait until the last minute to let the world know it has a problem with their space station.
‘It could be a real bad day if pieces of this came down in a populated area … but odds are, it will land in the ocean or in an unpopulated area.’
‘Sometimes, the odds just do not work out, so this may bear watching.’
Most pieces of space junk burn up on re-entry, but because of its size, pieces of Tiangong-1 might reach the ground.
