China’s first space station could be in freefall and hurtling back towards earth

CHINA’S first space station could be in freefall and about to come crashing back down to Earth, it has been warned. The Tiangong-1 satellite has been orbited Earth since 2011, used in docking exercises and is still used in investigative and scientific work, but concerns have been raised that China has lost control of the station, which means it could come crashing back through Earth’s atmosphere. But amateur astronomers have been watching the satellite with concerns the space station has gone into freefall. More

(Source: The Sun - Jul 14)