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Archive Home > 2011 > September > 19 > NASA satellite expected to hit Earth this week

NASA satellite expected to hit Earth this week

By Joel Achenbach / The Bulletin
September 19, 2011

The sky is not falling. A 12,500-pound NASA satellite the size of a school bus is, however.

It’s the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS — YOU-arz — and it’s currently tumbling in orbit and succumbing to Earth’s gravity. It will crash to....

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