Just days after a piece of space junk crashed into an Australian sheep farm, another piece of space junk from China landed in the indian ocean.
The Chinese Manned Space Agency confirmed over the weekend that parts of the Long March 5B carrier rocket survived their trip through the atmosphere.
stander videos of the event captured in Malaysia show a light show as pieces of the debris burn up.
Debris from Chinese rocket lit up night sky some parts of Malaysia. US space command confirm the development China's Long March 5B (CZ-5B) re-entered over the Indian Ocean at approx 10:45 am MDT on 7/30.pic.twitter.com/BIkjamFbTz
— Sidhant Sibal (@sidhant) July 30, 2022
It wasn't surprising to see this crash. Before the rocket was even launched, space watchers had already begun speculating that parts of it would make their way back down to Earth, as junk from other Long March rockets had done in the past.
The space leaders were angry.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson criticized the People's Republic for not sharing specific trajectory information as their Long March 5B rocket fell back to Earth.
Nelson said that all spacefaring nations should follow established best practices and share this type of information in advance to allow reliable predictions of potential debris impact risk.
The news came after Australian sheep farmers found what they thought were pieces of a spaceship.
It's rare for larger pieces of rocket debris to survive their fall back down to Earth after a space junk crash.
It usually ends up being a sight to see when they survive the trip.
The New York Times reported on the fall of debris from uncontrolled Chinese rocket.
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