In this TV grab taken from CCTV (China Central Television) on 2 April 2018, Tiangong-1, China's experimental space lab, re-enters the Earth's atmosphere. AP
Chinese space authorities say Tiangong 1, the country's defunct and reportedly out-of-control space station, re-entered the Earth's atmosphere Sunday night, mostly burning up over the central South Pacific. The China Manned Space Engineering Office says online that the experimental space lab re-entered around 8:15 a.m. local time Monday.
The tumbling spacecraft posed only a slight risk to people and property on the ground, since most of the 8.5-ton vehicle was expected to burn up on re-entry.
An image release by China Central Television showed the plunging space lab burning up as it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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