Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeRemnants of China's biggest rocket landed in the Indian Ocean, with much of it destroyed upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, according to Chinese state media. The coordinates given by state media, citing the China Manned Space Engineering Office, put the point of impact in the ocean, west of the Maldives. Last year, pieces from the first Long March 5B fell on Ivory Coast, damaging several buildings. (Image: VCG via Getty Images)It is one of the largest space debris to re-enter Earth, at 18 tonnes. "The empty rocket body is now in an elliptical orbit around Earth where it is being dragged toward an uncontrolled re-entry."

Source: Daily Mirror May 09, 2021 03:38 UTC