According to the old adage, what goes up must come down. Unless you are talking about a satellite, which can go up and never come down.

However, sometimes satellites do come down. When they are not expected to. Where they are not wanted.

Such was the case in 1978 with a Soviet spy satellite that spread its debris, its nuclear debris, all over northern Canada.

Learn more about Cosmos 954, the Soviet Satellite that came crashing to Earth, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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