Nasa spacecraft falls to Earth after being mistaken for an asteroid – The Independent

A Nasa spacecraft has safely dropped down to Earth and burnt up in its atmosphere, the space agency has said.
It safely dropped back onto Earth over the South Pacific on Saturday, burning up as it did. Nasa had assured the public before the event that it would pose “no threat to our planet or anyone on it and this is a normal final operational occurrence for retired spacecraft”.
The old scientific craft was originally thought to be an object on an impact trajectory with Earth when it was spott…

Click here to view the original article.