Old NASA satellite may crash to Earth from space on Sunday

Jan 7 2023 by Mashable

 

A vintage 1980s space satellite is about to make a comeback, but not in the way that Zoomers have treasured acid-wash mom jeans.

A dead 5,400-pound piece of NASA equipment will soon re-enter the atmosphere after nearly four decades of orbiting Earth. Most of the spacecraft will be incinerated, according to the space agency, but some bits will likely crash to Earth or drop in an ocean.

When it will return depends on whom you ask. The U.S. military has predicted it will fall at 6:40 p.m. ET...

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