China's manned space lab to re-enter atmosphere on Friday


Reuters | Beijing | Updated: 13-07-2019 14:18 IST | Created: 13-07-2019 08:27 IST
China's manned space lab to re-enter atmosphere on Friday
A small amount of debris is likely to fall into the designated safe waters of the South Pacific Ocean, the China Manned Space Engineering Office said in a statement. Image Credit: Wikimedia
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China's manned space lab Tiangong-2 has finished experiments and will re-enter Earth's atmosphere on July 19, authorities said on Saturday.

A small amount of debris is likely to fall into the designated safe waters of the South Pacific Ocean, the China Manned Space Engineering Office said in a statement.

China launched Tiangong-2 on September 15, 2016, after Tiangong-1, its first manned space lab.

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