HELSINKI, Finland — China has lowered the orbit of its Tiangong-2 space lab , likely in preparation for deorbiting the orbital facility and thus averting a similar scenario to the uncontrolled ...

It will only take a couple hundred kilograms of fuel to deorbit Tiangong-2 in such a manner, he said. And McDowell estimates that the space lab probably still has about 700 kg (1,540 lbs.) of its ...

The final hours for China's Tiangong-2 space station are at hand, as the 8-ton piece of hardware will fall to earth, or rather sea, some time in the next 20 hours or so in a controlled deorbit ...

China's space station, Tiangong-2, ... Tiangong-2 was the successor to Tiangong-1, which was launched in 2011 and had an unplanned deorbit last year. Tiangong-1 was 10.4 meters (34 fee) ...

China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) on Saturday announced its plan to deorbit Tiangong-2 space lab in the near future. The controlled re-entry in the atmosphere after successfully ...

The second space lab, Tiangong-2, which has been in orbit for two years, was launched in 2016. ... “It will be in orbit until July 2019, and then will be controlled to deorbit.” ...

On Sept. 20, the management committee for the Tiangong-2 space lab had decided the space lab would stay in orbit until July 2019, when it would deorbit under manual control, he added.

Chinese space station Tiangong-2 has officially ended its mission, and the orbital research facility’s entire existence. The platform de-orbited and burned up as planned at just after 9 AM ET on ...

Originally set to deorbit in 2013, Tiangong-1's lifespan was extended by two years before its comms went silent. ... After Tiangong-1, China's space station torch passed to Tiangong-2.

The initial dip prompted some speculation that China was preparing to deorbit Tiangong-2. China's second space lab dived unexpectedly toward Earth this month, ...