Giant hunk of Russian space junk crashes to Earth
The space junk population just got a tiny bit smaller. The Persei upper stage of a Russian Angara A5 heavy-lift rocket crashed back to Earth in an uncontrolled fashion today (Jan. 5), hitting the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean at 4:08 p.m. EST (2108 GMT). “Persei reentry confirmed: 2108 UTC over 121W 14S in the … Read more