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    No Fooling: Chinese Space Lab Might Plunge From Orbit On April 1

    China's Tiangong-1, launched in 2013, is expected to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere sometime between March 31 and April 2, according to the European Space Agency.
    by Scott Neuman Mar 28, 2018 1 minute
    Scientists look at the screen showing the Shenzhou X manned spacecraft docking with the orbiting Tiangong-1 space module at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on June 13, 2013, in Beijing.

    China's Tiangong-1 space station may fall from the sky on April 1.

    That is not an April Fools' joke. It's a real possibility.

    The European Space Agency has narrowed its window for re-entry of the long-abandoned orbiting lab is that it will plunge from orbit in a fiery ball of flame sometime between March 31 to April 2.

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