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China's first space station will meet fiery end

Name: China's first space station will meet fiery end
Uploaded: 2016-09-21T20:28:14-0400
Duration: 2 min 20 s
Description: China confirms that they have lost control of their first space station. They expect it to fall back to earth and burn up in late 2017. Chief astronomer and planetarium director for the Franklin Institute Derrick Pitts joins CBSN from Philadelphia to discuss.

China confirms that they have lost control of their first space station. They expect it to fall back to earth and burn up in late 2017. Chief astronomer and planetarium director for the Franklin Institute Derrick Pitts joins CBSN from Philadelphia to discuss.