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China's Tiangong-1 space lab is expected to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere on Sunday night

The chances of someone being hit by a piece of the space lab is 10 million times less than the annual probability of being hit by lightning.

Unlikely that any large parts of Chinese space lab Tiangong-1 will reach the Earth's surface: China foreign ministry

The craft is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere sometime from this week, according to China’s manned space program, but no one knows for sure where.

Out-of-control Chinese space station Tiangong-1 set to make its entry into the Earth's lower atmosphere

Though Tiangong-1 is larger than several other manmade objects in the Earth's orbit, most of it is expected to burn out in the atmosphere during re-entry.

Tiangong-1, an experimental Chinese space lab will fall to the Earth between 31 March to 4 April 2018

Tiangong-1 has officially stopped sending data and has entered its final phase of life on 16 March, a statement issued on 26 March

China's Tiangong-1 space station to crash into Earth within few weeks but location of impact is not yet predicted

The Tiangong-1 or Heavenly Palace lab was launched in 2011 and described as a "potent political symbol" of China, reports the Guardian.

Tiangong-1, the out of control Chinese space station to crash into the Earth in the next few months

Larger space stations have crashed into the planet previously, without anyone being injured by the debris.

China to launch Tiangong-2, its second space lab between September 15 and 20

China's second space lab Tiangong-2 will be put into space between September 15 and 20, the office of China's manned space programme said on Friday.

China plans to reach Mars by 2020; to follow in the footsteps of US's Viking 1 mission

Work is proceeding quickly on China's planned mission to land a rover on Mars by 2020, the chief administrator of the country's ambitious space program said Friday.

Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft docks with orbiting module

A Chinese spacecraft carrying three astronauts carried out a manual docking with an orbiting module on Sunday, a first for the country as it strives to match American and Russian exploits in space.

China's Shenzhou 9 docks with orbiting module

The Shenzhou 9 capsule completed the maneuver as scheduled shortly after 2:00 pm (0600 GMT) as the Tiangong 1 module orbited 343 kilometres (213 miles) above Earth.