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Debris From a Chinese Space Rocket Is Crashing Toward Earth

  • Experts say 25-ton booster will crash to Earth around July 31
  • China says warnings just the US trying to smear space program
A Long March-5B rocket carrying the Wentian lab module ahead of launch at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Wenchang, China, on July 24.

A Long March-5B rocket carrying the Wentian lab module ahead of launch at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Wenchang, China, on July 24.

Photographer: China News Service

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Debris from a Chinese rocket is set to crash to Earth some time over the next few days, with the potential for wreckage to land across a wide swathe of the globe. 

Part of a Long March 5B rocket China launched on July 24 will make an uncontrolled reentry around July 31, according to the Aerospace Corp., a nonprofit based in El Segundo, California, that receives US funding.