Chinese space lab falls back to Earth, burns up over Pacific
China's "out-of-control" space laboratory Tiangong-1 re-entered the Earth's atmosphere early on Monday, 'mostly' burning up as it headed towards the central region of the South Pacific. The 10.4-metre-long 8.5-tonne station, also known as the Heavenly Palace, was placed in orbit in September 2011 for docking and orbit experiments, but it ceased functioning in March 2016.