Friday appears to be re-entry day for NASA’s falling UARS satellite — a school-bus size spacecraft that will shoot its way into Earth’s atmosphere. NASA, the U.S. military and amateur astronomers are now able to say it won't come down over North America.
Us Safe, But Where Satellite Will Fall Unknown
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