Re-entering Chinese Rocket Sparks California Light Show

Californians were treated to an unexpected light show late Wednesday when a Chinese rocket re-entered the atmosphere. U.S. Strategic Command spokeswoman Julie Ziegenhorn told the Associated Press that the Chinese CZ-7 rocket re-entered the atmosphere, but would not comment on whether the rocket ever posed any danger to people on the ground. She referred further questions to the Chinese government. Astronomer Jonathan McDowell, of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in...

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