November 10, 2013

'Ferrari Of Space' Crashing Back To Earth

European Space Agency/ AOES Medialab
An artist's conception of the European Space Agency's GOCE satellite, which is now out of fuel and expected to fall to Earth sometime Sunday or early Monday.

Sometime Sunday or early Monday, a 2,425-pound satellite that ran out of fuel last month will plunge back to Earth. About a quarter of the European Space Agency's satellite is expected to survive re-entry and strike somewhere on the planet. But where?

Source - npr.org