The out - of - control Tiangong-1 space post is head up back to Earth in the come in workweek , and we ’re not entirely sure where it ’s proceed to set ashore , or even when .
Current predictionsput the station ’s re - ingress into the Earth ’s atmosphere as being over the Easter weekend , between March 30 and April 2 .
It ’s highly unlikely that the station will land on anybody , although there is a small prospect it could pause up over a populated realm , andsome estimate suggestthat between 10 and 40 percentage of it could make it to the earth .
The Aerospace Corporationputs the betting odds of being hit at 1 million times little than gain the Powerball jackpot , even if you live in the " gamey - risk " cities . An interactive map fromSatviewlets you track the station , just in causa you were n’t paranoid enough .
Using the single-valued function you’re able to ride there , paranoid , and watch over as its domain gets lower and lower . Though it spends most of its ambit above the ocean , it is a short disconcerting to watch it going over intimate landmasses , let in parts of the US and Africa .
The Aerospace Corporationhas set about to narrow downwhere the debris could land . Cities in the potentially hazardous part admit New York , Chicago , Toronto , Rome , Istanbul , and Beijing .
Other space objects have fallen to Earth in a likewise uncontrolled fashion , but so far there have never been any reports of death .
“ Of course , there is a chance it will get down over solid ground , but we ’ve never had a reported injury from space rubble , " Dr William Ailor of the Aerospace Corporation toldTime magazine . " Only one person has been ' touch ' – Ms Lottie Williams was brushed on the berm in 1997 and not injured . "
Using the tool , you’re able to alsotrack orbiter that are less threatening to Earth . Other maps show the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station .
