Sunday, April 1, 2018

Chinese Space Station Lands in Hawaiʻi

We received an emergency alert text message on our phones early AM that said space station debris over the island of Oʻahu were possible. This is the first Chinese space station Tiangong-1 falling out of orbit. This was followed 20 minutes later by another message saying this was not a test and this time the possibility was real (as opposed to the message in January about an incoming ballistic missile that turned out to be false). There were some streaks of light in the sky although this is not unusual for Honolulu, which regularly has a fireworks show for tourists. Then some images from around the island started coming in.