China’s out of control Tiangong 1 space station early this morning Monday 2nd April smashed into Earth at 17,000mph off the coast of Tahiti mostly disintegrated as it hit the planet’s atmosphere.

This is an artist's impression of the Tiangong 1 space station bursting into a series of fireballs at it re-enters the earth's atmosphere

The demise of the nine-ton space station had been the subject of scientific speculation for months amid fears large chunks of it could come down near population centers. Experts had been unable to predict where the installation, which is roughly the size of a school bus, would come down but in the end it re-entered the earth’s atmosphere over the South Pacific.

The craft re-entered the atmosphere around 8.15am Beijing time (0015GMT) and the ‘vast majority’ of it had burnt up upon re-entry, the China Manned Space Engineering Office said. Just minutes before, their best estimate predicted that it was expected to re-enter off the Brazilian coast in the South Atlantic near the cities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. China’s space authority said on Sunday that the station would hit speeds of nearly 17,000mph before disintegrating.

They previously said its fiery disintegration would offer a ‘splendid’ show akin to a meteor shower but the remote location likely deprived stargazers of a spectacle of fireballs falling from the sky.

http://www.irukkanews.com/chinas-space-station-has-crashed-into-earth/

Thank God it did not fall on anyone

Made in China Space station

Hmmm.....I believed eye will ship the share parts to 9ja

kai

China products don't last

Wow!

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Would have been interesting if they had live footage of the re-entery

Picture of it crashing or....

Well am not suprised at this because hearin the name alone tells you why it crashed.

I bought a China DVD player, I inserted a disc, only for me to look at the TV screen and see "E don dey load" I quickly remove the disc and to shock me all, I saw "disc no dey"

I am not surprise.

Honestly I really wanted to be an astronaut...just to have a glimpse of this beautiful earth that God created for us.

Lolz

i don dey fear say make the thing no come fall for naija o!

philo04:
China products don't last

You know nothing, Satellites fall all the time, there has been over 50 different events, I don't know why this one is a big deal

Hope it won't fall on my roof?
Please, pray for me..

China made

China product never strong.
The Russian and American labs that fell to earth in tbe 70s were controlled falls this one will fall any how...

Made in China

chinko space station

Science fall on you.

China and fake products.. but far better than Naija.

J

Finally.... Let us rest abeg

Ina ilehi wa ina ilehi rajiuna

The world should be careful of china products.. next time make them no allow china launch such a project that has the tendency to fail and affect human population.

Was the sound of the crashing like TIANG?! or THONG?!