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 spotted last week.

But further observations revealed it was not an asteroid but in fact a man-made object: the Orbiting Geophysics Observatory 1 (OGO-1), which was launched in 1964.

Source:-- https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/nasa-spacecraft-ogo-1-earth-asteroid-a9699701.html

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