New York Is In High-Risk Area For Falling Space Station

 By Adam Nichols

NEW YORK, NY – Don't panic, but a space station the size of a bus is literally falling out of the sky and parts of it are expected to hit Earth on April Fools' Day – give or take a few days. And yes, New York is considered in range for a hit.

A map from Aerospace predicts the most likely spots for China's Tiangong-1 space lab to impact and New York is at high risk – though, admittedly, that includes a massive swath of the world.

The space hardware is expected to fall to earth between March 30 and April 6, depending on who you ask. And while the odds that someone is hit by space debris in the city are extremely low, it has happened at least one other time in the U.S.

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Source: Patch.com (via Empire Report New York)