The latest rocket is one of the largest pieces of space debris to return to Earth, with experts estimating its dry mass to be around 18 to 22 tonnes. Long March 5 rockets have been integral to China's near-term space ambitions - from the delivery of modules and crew of its planned space station to launches of exploratory probes to the Moon and even Mars. NASA administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement Friday that China was. The rocket is set to be followed by 10 more missions to complete the station. The Chinese rocket booster was designed to fall to Earth after propelling a piece of China's space station into orbit. The Long March 5B - comprising one core stage and four boosters - lifted off from China's Hainan island on April 29 with the unmanned Tianhe module, which contains what will become living quarters on a permanent Chinese space station. One of the largest pieces of space debris to return to Earth The Global Times, a Chinese tabloid published by the official People's Daily, dismissed as "Western hype" concerns the rocket was "out of control" and could cause damage. "It makes the Chinese rocket designers look lazy that they didn't address this," said Dr McDowell, a member of the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics. "It is clear that China is failing to meet responsible standards regarding their space debris." CNN The charred remnants of a rocket booster plunged uncontrolled back to Earth Friday morning, an event decried in the West as an irresponsibly risky move by the China National Space. "Spacefaring nations must minimise the risks to people and property on Earth of re-entries of space objects and maximise transparency regarding those operations," NASA administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement after the re-entry. Last year, pieces from the first Long March 5B fell on Ivory Coast, damaging several buildings. The Long March launch last week was the second deployment of the 5B variant since its maiden flight in May 2020. "The exact location of the impact and the span of debris, both of which are unknown at this time, will not be released by US Space Command," it said in a statement on its website. The US Space command confirmed the re-entry of the rocket over the Arabian Peninsula, but said it was unknown if the debris hit land or water.
Debris from the Long March 5B has had some people looking warily skyward since shortly after it blasted off from China's Hainan island on April 29. n February 15, 1996, a Long March 3B rocket carrying the U.S.-built Intelsat 708 satellite crashed just after lift off from the Xichang launch center in the.
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