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Is a Chinese Rocket Falling to Earth, and ‘No One Knows’ Where It Will Crash?

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7 May 2021

Is a Chinese Rocket Falling to Earth, and ‘No One Knows’ Where It Will Crash?

Recently, narrators in viral TikTok videos claimed a portion of a massive Chinese rocket had left Earth’s orbit and was falling back to the planet where it would eventually land within the next couple of weeks.

The catch? “No one knows where it’s going to crash,” one video claimed.

Jessica Lee reports.

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