The object caught fire, fearing the Chinese space station to fall

The Russian wreck caught fire in the sky of Dubai, causing many people to fear that it was the Chinese space station falling to Earth.

A Russian cargo ship spacecraft caught fire in the night sky in the Arabian Peninsula, drawing the attention of many people from Dubai to Riyadh before breaking up in the Earth's atmosphere with falling debris. Indian Ocean, according to the International Business Times.


The wreck of the spacecraft caught fire in the sky of Dubai.(Video: Caters News).

The end of the unmanned Progress MS-07 on the evening of October 16 took place as planned after the ship transported 2.75 tons of water, food and scientific equipment to astronauts on the Space Station. International (ISS).

The ship departed on October 14 from Baikonur Launcher Complex in Kazakhstan. The missiles and floors have fallen earlier in the atmosphere and are almost invisible, according to Hasan Ahmad al-Hariri, executive director of the Dubai Astronomy Group educational institute.

After dismantling the cargo, the astronauts let the ship fall as planned. The ship's fall schedule is timed to allow observations on Monday night. The wreck flies across Dubai skyline behind Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. The process of trains caught fire through the atmosphere lasted 80 seconds, surprising many witnesses and raising concerns because some people mistakenly believe that this is the Chinese Thien Cung 1 space station crashing into the face. land.

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The wreck flies across Dubai skyline behind Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world.

Dubai Media Agency described the falling object as a meteorite. In a statement, the UAE Civil Aviation Authority said: 'meteorites are a natural phenomenon that usually occurs at this time of year'. In fact, it is a 6.5m long spacecraft that burns 140km above the ground.