'It is critical that China and all spacefaring nations and commercial entities act responsibly and transparently in space to ensure the safety, stability, security and long-term sustainability of outer space activities.' 'It is clear that China is failing to meet responsible standards regarding their space debris,' he added. Experts are unsure about the route that the debris.

'Spacefaring nations must minimize the risks to people and property on Earth of reentries of space objects and maximize transparency regarding those operations,' NASA Administrator Bill Nelson wrote in a statement posted shortly before a Long March 5B crash in May 2021. The Chinese rocket debris reentering the earth's atmosphere is currently at an altitude of around 150,000ft, and is expected to land later today. But the fact that the falling rocket bodies pose any risk at all, however slight, has drawn condemnation from exploration advocates and other members of the spaceflight community. Nobody was hurt in that incident, or in any of the other Long March 5B crashes, as far as we know.

For example, singed rocket remnants from the first-ever Long March 5B launch, in May 2020, apparently hit the ground in a village in the West African nation of Ivory Coast. But terra firma has welcomed Long March 5B debris before. 31 to deliver the Mengtian laboratory cabin module to the Tiangong space station, is predicted to reenter Earth’s atmosphere. The odds dictate that such debris will likely fall in the ocean, since seas cover about 70% of Earth's surface. The roughly 25-ton (23 metric tons) rocket stage, which launched Oct. 31) that carried the Mengtian science module to the nation's Tiangong space station. See China's huge uncontrolled rocket debris fall from space in fiery skywatcher videos The 23-ton (21 metric tons) piece of debris resulted from China's launch of a Long March 5B rocket on Monday (Oct. 25-ton Chinese rocket debris crashes to Earth over Indian Ocean China launches final module to complete Tiangong space station (video)

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