“Out-of-control” Chinese rocket has landed in the Indian Ocea

Debris from a large Chinese rocket landed in the Indian Ocean near the Maldives early Sunday morning, China’s space administration announced. The rocket, called Long March 5B, was launched from Wenchang Space Launch Centre on 29 April to carry Tianhe – the first module of China’s future space station – into orbit. It re-entered the atmosphere at 3.24am GMT, with the bulk of its components destroyed at that point, according to Chinese state media. The point of impact was somewhere southwest of India and Sri Lanka, they added. While the timing of the landing had been pinpointed quite closely, the…