A Chinese spacecraft is rushing toward Earth and threatening these areas

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese spacecraft - out of control - will enter the Earth's atmosphere in the coming weeks, and foreign scientists have suggested several places in the world where its debris might fall, foreign media reported.

China launched the 8.5-ton spacecraft in 2011, but lost control in 2016. More recently, scientists have observed a significant increase in the speed of the Tiangong-1 vehicle, and said it was rushing to Earth. The speed of the vehicle was previously 1.5 kilometers per week, and in recent months it has become 6 kilometers in the direction of the earth. According to current estimates, the site of the fall of the vehicle ranges from 21 March to 19 April.


According to MLive, the American state of Michigan is one of the places where the wreckage is most likely to fall, along with northern China, central Italy and the Middle East. Although not the first of its kind, scientists are concerned about the size of the large vehicle and its containment of 100 kilograms of highly toxic hydra-zine, as well as the possibility of its debris being scattered over a large geographical area. Although most of its parts will be burned at the moment of entry into airspace. But between 10-40 percent of the vehicle's body will remain as debris reaching the ground.