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Chinese Space Station Re-Enters Atmosphere, Smashes To Earth At 17,000 MPH

Joseph Curl

Consider yourself lucky if you lived through the weekend.

A Chinese space station, the Tiangong 1, spiraled out of its orbit and plunged toward Earth on Sunday. The space hunk — traveling at 17,000 mph — smashed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Tahiti early Monday morning, although much of it disintegrated from the atmosphere’s friction.

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