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This file photo shows visitors sit beside a model of Chinas Tiangong-1 space station at the 8th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai in southern Chinas Guangdong Province. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

China space lab mostly burns up on re-entry in south Pacific

The experimental space laboratory re-entered around 8:15 a.m. Beijing time, the China Manned Space Engineering Office...

3 April 2018 10:02 AM

The shape of Chinas falling space station Tiangong-1 can be seen in this radar image from the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques near Bonn, Germany. In the next few days, the unoccupied Chinese space station, Tiangong-1, is expected to reenter the atmosphere following the end of its operational life. Most of the craft should burn up. (Photo: AP)

China's 'space dream': A long walk to the moon

The Tiangong-1 space module, which crashed was intended to serve as a stepping stone to a manned station.

2 April 2018 7:14 AM

The Tiangong-1 mostly burnt up above the vast oceans central region at 8:15 am (0015 GMT), Chinas Manned Space Engineering Office said, moments after predicting a slightly later re-entry over the Atlantic. (Photo: AFP | File)

Defunct Chinese space lab plunges back to Earth over South Pacific

Space officials had warned that knowing the exact location of the re-entry would not be possible until shortly before it...

2 April 2018 2:12 AM

No one knows for sure where debris may land though many experts believe much of the station will burn up during re-entry.

Tiangong-1 space station to enter Earth's atmosphere on Monday: China

Beijing said on March 30 that it is unlikely any large pieces will reach the ground.

1 April 2018 8:40 AM

Tiangong-1 was originally planned to be decommissioned in 2013 but China has repeatedly extended the length of its mission. (Representative Image)

China says unlikely large pieces of space station will crash to earth

The craft is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere at some time from this week

31 March 2018 4:24 AM