China's Tiangong-1 space station might be back on Earth in time for 'The Walking Dead'

The Tiangong-1 should complete its fiery journey back to Earth sometime on Sunday night.

The Chinese space station has been circling the planet in a gradually degrading orbit since it was decommissioned in late 2016. It is now expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere — and mostly burn up in the process — sometime before 12:00 a.m. ET.

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In fact, the latest estimate as of Sunday morning — from noted astronomer Jonathan McDowell — points to a significantly earlier re-entry, sometime during the 6:00 p.m. ET hour.

Currently 8.5 hours till the reentry window starts. Tiangong-1 orbit 151 x 159 km. Just passed over Washington DC and now heading out over the Atlantic pic.twitter.com/zgoR2Fo7pL

— Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) April 1, 2018 Read more...

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