It technically is always falling. ISS is in a low enough orbit that the very thin atmosphere there slows it down slowly and without regular thrust to maintain orbit would decay back to earth. It blew my mind when I learned how far out the atmosphere goes (like individual molecules, not thick air, just enough to gradually slow down orbits)
And it did. I remember driving w my aunt n grandmother listening to it on the car radio.
I think it fell in Australia . Ok factually I was paying more attention to my pet rock at the time. ?
I am old enough to remember a political cartoon of a chicken running around yelling 'The Skylab is falling! The Skylab is falling!'
It technically is always falling. ISS is in a low enough orbit that the very thin atmosphere there slows it down slowly and without regular thrust to maintain orbit would decay back to earth. It blew my mind when I learned how far out the atmosphere goes (like individual molecules, not thick air, just enough to gradually slow down orbits)
And it did. I remember driving w my aunt n grandmother listening to it on the car radio. I think it fell in Australia . Ok factually I was paying more attention to my pet rock at the time. ?
Did you also get the "Sand Breeding Kit"? :)