

"It is critical that China and all spacefaring nations and commercial entities act responsibly and transparently in space to ensure the safety, stability, security and long-term sustainability of outer space activities." "It is clear that China is failing to meet responsible standards regarding their space debris," he added. "Spacefaring nations must minimize the risks to people and property on Earth of reentries of space objects and maximize transparency regarding those operations," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson wrote in a statement posted shortly before a Long March 5B crash in May 2021. Four days after blasting off from southern China, a large part of the Long March 5B (CZ-5B) rocket broke up as it re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere over the south-central Pacific ocean at 10.01. The War Zone, Popular Science, the History Channel, Science Discovery and more. But the fact that the falling rocket bodies pose any risk at all, however slight, has drawn condemnation from exploration advocates and other members of the spaceflight community. 25-ton Chinese rocket debris crashes to Earth over Indian Ocean. Nobody was hurt in that incident, or in any of the other Long March 5B crashes, as far as we know. For example, singed rocket remnants from the first-ever Long March 5B launch, in May 2020, apparently hit the ground in a village in the West African nation of Ivory Coast. July 27, 2022, 2:45 AM PDT A Long March-5B Y3 rocket carrying China's space station lab module Wentian blasts off from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on Jin Wenchang, Hainan. But terra firma has welcomed Long March 5B debris before. The odds dictate that such debris will likely fall in the ocean, since seas cover about 70% of Earth's surface. See China's huge uncontrolled rocket debris fall from space in fiery skywatcher videos Unfortunately, the 30-metre long rocket also reached. 25-ton Chinese rocket debris crashes to Earth over Indian Ocean The rocket successfully launched the Tianhe module last week, which will become the living quarters of the future Chinese Space Station (CSS).


China launches final module to complete Tiangong space station (video)
