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China's Tiangong-2 Space Station is Officially No More

posted by chromas on Sunday July 21 2019, @07:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the fried-rice dept.

MrPlow writes for SoyCow1984:

Chinese space station Tiangong-2 has officially ended its mission, and the orbital research facility's entire existence. The platform de-orbited and burned up as planned at just after 9 AM ET on Friday, coming down over the South Pacific Ocean, as confirmed by the official Chinese space agency.

The station weighed around nine U.S. tons at the time it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere, but even so it was small enough that it almost entirely burned up in the process.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/19/chinas-tiangong-2-space-station-is-officially-no-more/

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  • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Sunday July 21 2019, @09:23PM (1 child)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Sunday July 21 2019, @09:23PM (#869725)

    They use kilograms, like everyone else does.

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  • (Score: 1) by Sulla on Sunday July 21 2019, @11:02PM

    by Sulla (5173) on Sunday July 21 2019, @11:02PM (#869760) Journal

    Explains why they haven't landed anyone on the moon yet

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