China’s rocket booster falls from space, crash lands in the Pacific Ocean

Chinese rocket tumbles into Pacific Ocean after days in space

For the fourth time in less than three years, a Chinese rocket stage reentered the Earth’s atmosphere, this time over the Pacific Ocean. The rocket’s return to Earth highlighted a tension among space faring nations over China’s practice of letting its spent rockets tumble back to Earth after days in orbit.

‘Here we go again’: Out-of-control Chinese rocket falls from space, plunges into Pacific Ocean

An out-of-control piece of a Chinese rocket booster crash-landed in the Pacific Ocean Friday morning.

US says 2 pieces of China rocket plunge into Pacific

China has established practice of allowing its space-faring equipment to crash back in to Earth uncontrolled - Anadolu Agency

23-Tonne Uncontrolled Chinese Rocket Debris Fall In The Pacific

The massive piece was left from the core stage of the Long March 5B rocket that was launched on October 31.

China's rocket booster falls from space, crash lands in the Pacific Ocean

China's rocket booster falls from space, crash lands in the Pacific Ocean. In this image, the Long March-5B Y4 carrier rocket blasts off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province on October 31.

China's rocket booster falls from space, crash lands in the Pacific Ocean

By Jackie Wattles, CNNThe charred remnants of a rocket booster plunged uncontrolled back to Earth Friday morning, an event decried in the West as an irresponsibly risky move by the China National Space Administration.The rocket reentered the atmosphere over the south-central Pacific Ocean just after 6 a.m. ET, according to the US Space Command, which is part of the Department of Defense.This hazardous situation marked the fourth uncontrolled ree…