ISS sends space junk back towards Earth to burn up

A cargo ship filled with rubbish has been released into space from the International Space Station.

The Cygnus spacecraft, which had brought supplies to the astronauts, spent 72 days at the space station.

Amid concern over the amount of junk in orbit, it is now expected to burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere over the weekend, destroying its load over a remote part of the Pacific Ocean.

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Will the "burn up" be visible from earth?

It might be cool to watch it!

Ah great, more plastic and junk in the seas

Ah great, more plastic and junk in the seas

"burn up" is your friend.

Great! More strange and poisonous gasses injected into the upper atmosphere !

I hope that doesn't mean we are all going to get sprayed with burnt space poo.

I hope that doesn't mean we are all going to get sprayed with burnt space poo.

We are all drinking Julius Caesar p!ss and breathing the same air as he did, so what harm can a little turd from space do?

http://redneckmath.blogspot.com/2011/09/drinking-caesars-urine.html

http://puzzlemath.blogspot.com/2011/06/julius-caesars-last-breath.html